Yars Rising
Fair · Action · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $8.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Sep 2024. Buy it now if you want it.
- Length
- 7.4h 12.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.21/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 261 positive
Full price
Today
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon RX 570 or better, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
April 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $8.99. Across all 20 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 45 percent, about 5 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 12 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. On the same math Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus ($19.99, scores 53) and Islets ($19.99, scores 68) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Yars Rising
Of the 205 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2024 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 7.4 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
87% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Yars Rising is a decent, mid length, kind of basic Metroidvania. With a few *major* caveats. First, the good. The game follow the Metroidvania formula very closely and plays well. I'd have wished for a slightly faster run speed but it's not really an issue. The gameplay was fun enough to get me through the game once and I'm currently trying the unlocked "Pro" mode. Of special note is the "hacking" minigame. You hack...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
cool and fun game with amazing music. but for some reason everyone is calling me a lesbian for playing it. idk why though. good game regardless.
While I did have fun with this game, there were several parts that left me feeling disapointed and wanting more. Overall it feels very undercooked. Pros: Gameplay is simple but fun, if a bit too easy for most of the games run time. Controls feel responsive and I never felt like I took a hit that was not deserved. I Loved the soundtrack, while it wont be for everyone I really enjoyed almost every song that played...
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Cite this score
Yars Rising scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2534370/yars-risingReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.