Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Worth it · Action · 2014

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$14.99Worth it

Typical seasonal cut

$3.7475% offBANGER

Cost per hour▼
$2.14/hr
ReviewsS
92% of 7,139
Genre rank
Top 3% Action

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
It needs 56% off ($6.66) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
7h
To 100%
15.9h 2.3x the story
Finish
20% reach the ending
Achievements
30

Price and sales

Sales
102 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$1.49 November 2015
Sale every
40d last October 2026
Lowest now $3.75 at GOGall-time low $1.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
17 now
Cheaper than
13% of its genre
Better reviewed
98% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

62% start to 20% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 102 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $6.66. The record reaches that level 94 times.

Its score sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Guacamelee! Gold Edition ($3.74, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats Guacamelee! 2 ($19.99, scores 64).

More about Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Steam's global achievement data puts about 20 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 2 of the 388 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 197 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 7 hours. Doing everything runs 16, 2.3 times as long.

At 7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely between Nov 17 and Nov 30, at about $3.74 (75% off). Predictions like this were right 78% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks. Its own discounts have started about 47 days apart.

Last discount ended 8 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement20% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.14/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Refunds2 of 388 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

What players say

I now understand why this game has great reviews. At first it feels clunky and basic. But as abilities come online, it really starts to click about 2 hours in. It isn't long, but it's a cool art style and somehow both simple and clever in the way it does platforming and combat. When the game dials up the difficulty, it requires focus and strategy, and it's a blast.
G0elRecommendedafter 6.3h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
Respectful and funny takes on Mexican pop culture. Good Metroidvania game. As a Mexican, I had a great time.
MC68030Recommendedafter 16hSep 2026Read on Steam
Gameplay is super fun, art design catchy and humor on point. Absolutley love it.
mariRecommendedafter 2.1hSep 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB VRAM, 799 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/275390/guacamelee-super-turbo-championship-edition
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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 Nov 3, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperDrinkbox Studios
PublisherDrinkbox Studios
GenreAction
Released2014
Players7.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements30