Platformines

Platformines

Skip · Shooter · 2014

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 22, under the fair line, at $0.99.

Length
4.8h 15.5h to 100%
Value
$0.21/hr
Reviews
67% of 331 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

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1748 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$0.21/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement8% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews67% 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
Refunds0 of 24 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

Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world! Customise your character, master all difficulty levels and literally jump to the top of the leaderboards to prove your skills!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256mb Video Memory, 256 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $0.99. That was June 2021. 26 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart.

It is cheaper than 96 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 77 percent. Roguelands ($9.99, scores 52) outscores it, and so does Magicite ($9.99, scores 65). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Platformines

Steam's global achievement data puts about 8 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 4.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The main story runs 4.8 hours. Doing everything runs 16, 3.2 times as long.

The drop-off

18% start to 8% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

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

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 17, 21:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Platformines scores 22/100 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/264540/platformines
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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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players0
Critics67
Players67
Metacritic critics · 331 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMagiko Gaming
PublisherBANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
GenreShooter
Released2014
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements20