Emergency 2014

Emergency 2014

Skip · Strategy · 2013

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 13, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Length
7.9h
Value
$1.26/hr
Reviews
64% of 374 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 4 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

Holding it back
Value$1.27/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews64% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 136 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

You have command of paramedics, fire brigades, police and disaster relief. Send your teams out on tense real-time missions to deal with disasters in Europe's major centres.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 25 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 33 percent, about 18 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 87 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. EMERGENCY 20 ($29.99, scores 63) and EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe ($17.99, scores 68) both outscore it.

What players say

Emergency 2014 takes the familiar structure of a real-time strategy game and gives it a refreshing purpose: instead of building armies and destroying opponents, the objective is to save lives and bring chaotic situations under control. Developed and published by Sixteen Tons Entertainment, this 2013 simulation puts the player in command of firefighters, paramedics, police officers, technical specialists, and...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 9.4h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
BEFORE YOU PLAY THIS GAME: Windows 11 broke the game so you have to run it through DxWnd and some form of fullscreen software. Emergency 2012-2014 is overhated. There is a lack of modding capabilities, but the game itself is fun! This version includes 2012, 2013, and 2014 as well as 2012's deluxe missions. Emergency 2013 and 2014 are more like DLCs to 2012 but each of them have a theme. Emergency 2012 is just a...
Cbeast575Recommendedafter 7.5hAug 2026Read on Steam
The game appears to be broken as it's unable to start up, I tried changing settings in its' programming or however its called and no luck. Such a shame that Microsoft is killing old games like this, until they stop being @sshats about their product, hopefully it will work again.
Applep1e75Not recommendedafter 21hJan 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Emergency 2014 scores 13/100 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/260930/emergency-2014
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSixteen Tons Entertainment
PublisherSixteen Tons Entertainment
GenreStrategy
Released2013
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate