House of the Dying Sun
Fair · Shooter · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.6h
- Value
- $7.69/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible, 2048 MB of VRAM, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $5.99. That was April 2022. It has been discounted 93 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 66 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 35 percent on value. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, No Man's Sky ($59.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Between the Stars ($29.99, scores 35).
76 from critics against 89 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
9 of the 391 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,071 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 162 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 437 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 2.6 hours; clearing it takes 15, which is 5.7 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 2.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
81% start to 2% 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
Ever played a space sim and wondered, "What if the combat were good?" Well, House of the Dying Sun pinpoint focuses on making combat quick and fun - the game is pure combat, no sim, and all the better for it
Great game! I am playing with a Quest 3 and Xbox one controller. The gameplay is very satisfying and while I admit the game is SUPER SHORT (but so so good...) I did pick this up on sale for $5.99 so I absolutely feel its worth it for that price. I would love to see some kind of DLC or mods that expand upon this gem, 8.5/10
Short, but deeply satisfying gameplay. If you're a big fan of Ace Combat and Project Wingman, this is a must buy.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
House of the Dying Sun scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/283160/house-of-the-dying-sunReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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