Metro: Last Light Redux

Metro: Last Light Redux

Worth it · Shooter · 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; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$19.99Worth it

Typical seasonal cut

$1.9990% offBANGER

Cost per hour▼
$2.04/hr
ReviewsS
91% of 83,275
Critics
76 players 15 higher
Genre rank
Top 15% Shooter

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
It needs 63% off ($7.46) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.99 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
9.8h
To 100%
27.7h 2.8x the story
Achievements
49

Price and sales

Sales
99 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$0.99 March 2026
Sale every
39d last October 2026
Lowest now $1.99 at GOGall-time low $0.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
659 now
Recent reviews
88% 30 days
Cheaper than
16% of its genre
Better reviewed
88% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

83% start to 6% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

99 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $7.46, a level the record has reached 94 times.

Its score sits in the top 15 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Metro 2033 Redux ($19.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Metro Exodus ($29.99, scores 67).

More about Metro: Last Light Redux

The press gave it 76; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. A 15-point gap in the buyer's favour.

6 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2025 to October 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,424 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 1,233 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 3,179 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 9.8 hours. Doing everything runs 28, 2.8 times as long.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 9.8 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 2 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
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$2.04/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Refunds6 of 800 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

peak game much better level design and story than the first game but too many lame boss fights
bombociti-Recommendedafter 14h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
Metro Last Light Redux is pretty much the same game from the first Metro 2033 Redux game. But with a lot of improvements and added new things: - Story is now focused more on the different factions with new characters - New enemy types, wide open areas and, boss fights - Expanded weapon arsenal - New DLC missions using different characters - Shooting range and a museum/gallery to view 3D models Atmosphere remains...
ZerchRecommendedafter 35h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
It is, without a doubt, better than the previous installment; it offers greater replayability, the morale system is easier to grasp, the encounters are better balanced, and it features more boss fights that incorporate new mechanics-something I absolutely loved. I highly recommend it-much more so than its predecessor-and it even includes additional modes in case you find yourself wanting more. Furthermore, the...
ZettRecommendedafter 20h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

About the game

It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

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Metro: Last Light Redux scores 68/100 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/287390/metro-last-light-redux
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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 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+15
Critics76
Players91
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 83,275 Steam player reviews

Details

Developer4A Games
PublisherDeep Silver
GenreShooter
Released2014
Players3.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements49