Not The Robots
Skip · Roguelike · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 47, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 2.3h 14.3h to 100%
- Value
- $4.34/hr
- Reviews
- 79% of 562 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
You are a robot in an office building. You have to eat furniture and not get caught. A mysterious story unfolds.Not The Robots is this year’s most exciting Roguelike Stealth Furniture Eating Simulator. It’s a game with random levels, permadeath, and the goal of eating furniture - which is also your stealth cover.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Graphics card from 2004 or later, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 107 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On the same math Heat Signature ($14.99, scores 84) and Void Bastards ($29.99, scores 64) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Not The Robots
Critics scored it 59. Players sit 20 points higher at 79 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 156 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 54 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 2.3 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 14, 6.2 times as much.
The drop-off
25% 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
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1 more review
A roguelike without combat. Highlights include one of the best video game soundtracks of all time, stylish presentation, strategic gameplay, and a better stealth system than every Ubisoft and Hitman game combined.
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Cite this score
Not The Robots scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/257120/not-the-robotsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.