NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE

NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE

BANGER · Strategy · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

A BANGER, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
95% of 22,786
Genre rank
Top 1% Strategy

Recent reviews trending down: 82% over the last 30 days against 95% all-time.

Time and effort

Main story
8.2h
To 100%
20h 2.4x the story

Players and genre

Online
76 now
Recent reviews
82% 30 days
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. The nearest things to it, Forza Horizon 5 ($59.99, scores 82) and JDM: Japanese Drift Master ($34.99, scores 31), are both worse buys on this math.

It is still busy. 76 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 1, 12:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE

Players rate it 95 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 82 percent. Something recent has soured the room.

Finishing takes 8.2 hours; clearing it takes 20, which is 2.4 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
Recent reviews82% (30 days)
Trending down vs lifetime, a small dip
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
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

Descend into the underworld of Japanese street racing. Set between 1990-2009, join the local street racing crews in their battle for territory control. Explore the real location open world(s), compete in wager races, battle other crews and upgrade your vehicles with detailed car customization.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 2 GB (AMD R9 270, NVidia GTX 750), 8 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE scores 88/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2707900/night-runners-prologue
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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 Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperPLANET JEM
PublisherPLANET JEM
GenreStrategy
Released2024
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate