Battle Academy

Battle Academy

Fair · Strategy · 2014

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
21h 26h to 100%
Value
$0.71/hr
Reviews
85% of 371 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

Raising the score
Value$0.71/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews85% 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
Refunds1 of 148 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

A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128 MB DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

71 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Panzer Corps 2 ($39.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Order of Battle: World War II (free, scores 49).

Players

Players online
7 when we last checked, on Sep 28, 11:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

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xhizors | Jack HailstormRecommendedafter 83hSep 2025Read on Steam

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

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

Cite this score

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Battle Academy scores 64/100 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/287070/battle-academy
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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 29, 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

DeveloperSlitherine Ltd.
PublisherSlitherine Ltd.
GenreStrategy
Released2014
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate