Meltdown
Fair · Multiplayer · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $6.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.2h 16.8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.18/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 822 positive
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Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2072 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Meltdown is a tactical arcade shooter featuring both singleplayer and intense online multiplayer. Become the most skilled soldier, choose your weapons, get the best upgrades, buckle up and start your mission. Be careful, each enemy has it’s own combat style, special AI and gear. Adapt to them to survive!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Integrated Graphics (256MB), 246 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
20 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 296 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 87 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Beat Hazard ($2.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Yet Another Zombie Defense HD ($0.75, scores 56).
More about Meltdown
HowLongToBeat players log 3.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 17, 5.3 times as much.
The drop-off
67% start to 7% 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
Developed and published by Phenomenon Games, Meltdown is an action-packed top-down shooter that combines fast-paced arcade combat with surprisingly deep character progression. Set in a futuristic world overrun by hostile machines and heavily armed adversaries, the game casts players as a mercenary completing dangerous assignments for valuable rewards. While its presentation may initially suggest a straightforward...
2 more reviews
It was great game back in 2013 on phone, sadly last update was in 2016, then the game didn't recieved any updates, good memories
Definitely not a bad game, but I understand why it's so unheard of. If you've played any shooters, like ever, you've played this game, you just didn't know it. Kind of generic style with some admittedly bad music and alright gameplay. It's fun, has a decent skill tree mechanic but the gameplay itself can be extremely repetitive, especially just going through the "campaign" that there is. I'd really only recommend it...
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Cite this score
Meltdown 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/268220/meltdownReviews 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.