Meltdown

Meltdown

Fair · Multiplayer · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The 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
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 2072 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
Reviews85% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 84% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$2.18/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 57 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

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!
Description from the Steam store page.
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% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 14h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
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
PricusRecommendedafter 4.2hAug 2025Read on Steam
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...
☪ Sheik Yerbouti ☪Recommendedafter 6.6hMar 2023Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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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/meltdown
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Reviews 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.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperPhenomenon Games
PublisherPhenomenon Games
GenreMultiplayer
Released2014
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements28