Full Bore

Full Bore

Fair · Narrative · 2014

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
13h 23.2h to 100%
Value
$1.15/hr
Reviews
86% of 250 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 111 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

Raising the score
Value$1.15/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement2% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 83% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 27 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

Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 502 MB of memory, GeForce 7600 or equivalent, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 34 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 18 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.

Value puts it in the top 13 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Toki Tori 2+ ($1.04, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats La-Mulana ($14.99, scores 58).

More about Full Bore

72 from critics against 86 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 2 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 13-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 13 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

The drop-off

11% start to 2% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

What players say

A cool metroidbrania game with a very nice early-2010's aesthetic. This doesn't play like most puzzle games; its approach to timing puzzles and movement might be frustrating to some players. But for me, its unique approach to puzzle gameplay is charming.
Ethan Clark (EPG)Recommendedafter 3.9h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
I'll be straight forward : Pros: - Cool artstyle as seen in video and screenshot - retro pixelart. Cute but nothing amazing. - Lotsa exploration to do, if that's your thing. The world is pretty massive and its not linear. Many roadblocks though. - Many, decent puzzles. Makes up the bulk of the gameplay, so puzzles fans will be happy. - Relaxing ambience and atmosphere. The lighting effects are really good and make a...
SamuraiCupcakeNot recommendedafter 2.0h6 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Full Bore scores 59/100 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/264060/full-bore
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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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+14
Critics72
Players86
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 250 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperWhole Hog Games
PublisherNkidu Games Inc.
GenreNarrative
Released2014
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements15