CRUEL
Worth it · Roguelike · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jan 2025.
- Length
- 2.4h
- Value
- $2.91/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 30% off today.
Discounted in 1 of its last 6 seasonal sales on record.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Vulkan support required, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
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
The value story
October 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $6.99. 3 discounts in the 2 years on record. They run about 25 percent off, roughly 15 weeks apart. Today's $6.99 at 30 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 12 percent on value. It is cheaper than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Immortal Redneck ($19.95, scores 67) and Heavy Bullets ($9.99, scores 54).
This site sampled 388 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2025 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 608 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 34 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
20% start to <1% 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
Players
8 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 06:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Cruel is outstanding! The gameplay loop here is incredibly satisfying. This game perfected its formula and delivers some of the most buttery smooth fps experiences I have ever had the pleasure to indulge in.
Amazing game. It's a almost like the baby of Hotline Miami and Doom. The music is great, gameplay is really fun and gets progressively more challenging. Loading screen tips are very funny and charming. If this seems like something you'd like, don't hesitate.
Such a perfect game i recommand to play legacy version when i start then play latest version
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
CRUEL scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2689470/cruelReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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