Desert Thunder
Skip · Action · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $0.74.
- Length
- 1.9h 5.8h to 100%
- Value
- $0.39/hr
- Reviews
- 42% of 269 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
It is 75% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
About the game
Desert Thunder is an arcade-style action tank game for the PC. Ripped from today’s headlines, the storyline immerses players into the heat of a desert-based military conflict. Players will tear through desert, urban and industrial settings in their experimental battle engine, the Abrams M1A6 Advanced tank that’s loaded with awe-inspiring...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 32 MB DirectX 8 compatible video accelerator. Windows only.
The value story
126 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.74 at 75 percent off still sits 48 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
It is cheaper than 74 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake ($19.99, scores 50) outscores it, and so does IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad ($49.99, scores 56). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Desert Thunder
Finishing takes 1.9 hours; clearing it takes 6, which is 3.1 times the campaign.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Desert Thunder scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/283330/desert-thunderReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.