Avoid - Sensory Overload

Avoid - Sensory Overload

Fair · Action · 2014

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
1.6h 25.9h to 100%
Value
$3.12/hr
Reviews
86% of 227 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

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

Holding it back
Value$3.12/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 83% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 40 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

About the game

Avoid is a fast-paced arcade game that will test your reflexes!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c Compatible Card, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

95 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 87 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, BIT.TRIP RUNNER ($9.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien ($14.99, scores 54).

More about Avoid - Sensory Overload

Finishing takes 1.6 hours; clearing it takes 26, which is 16 times the campaign.

The drop-off

21% start to 4% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

A challenging and immersive game that tests your reflexes and focus beautifully, providing a satisfying sense of achievement with each level completed.
🍀 WinteraidRecommendedafter 5.3hJan 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Fun timing/reflex game. Not a whole lot to say about it honestly it's just a good time.
NatRecommendedafter 21hNov 2024Read on Steam
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
ZubumafuRecommendedafter 3.3hJan 2024Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Avoid - Sensory Overload scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/286660/avoid-sensory-overload
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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 Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developer48h Studio
PublisherStrategy First
GenreAction
Released2014
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements52