PixelJunk™ Shooter
Fair · Shooter · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $8.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.8h 10.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.87/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 627 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.51 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 39 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 246 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
47 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 85 percent off across all of them, roughly 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 6 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 19 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Crimsonland ($13.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Capsized ($9.99, scores 39).
More about PixelJunk™ Shooter
73 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Finishing takes 4.8 hours; clearing it takes 11, which is 2.2 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.8 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
34% 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
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 7, 23:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Just so you know what you're getting yourself into; This version only has the first half of the levels from Ultimate, since Ultimate was a combination of this game and it's sequel. The cool remastered visuals are locked to Ultimate. If you really want those, you'll have to go there. This game has local co-op, but if you want access to the (pretty much entirely dead) online versus, you'll have to play Ultimate. So...
1 more review
Loved this on PS3, nice to be able to play it on PC as well, only issue is that the music playback is bugged which is a real shame because it's normally really dynamic and well done.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
PixelJunk™ Shooter scores 67/100 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/255870/pixeljunk-shooterReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.