Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut

Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut

Fair · Shooter · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 6 of 8 sales

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Cost per hour▼
$1.59/hr
Reviews▼
82% of 393
Genre rank
Top 36% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
6.3h
To 100%
11.8h 1.9x the story
Finish
17% reach the ending
Achievements
13

Price and sales

Sales
39 on record
Typical cut
66% off
Steam low
$3.99 February 2016
Sale every
102d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
46% of its genre
Better reviewed
57% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

63% start to 17% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

39 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 66 percent off across all of them, roughly 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 36 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, House of the Dying Sun ($5.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats EVERSPACE™ ($1.99, scores 51).

More about Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut

Steam's global achievement data puts about 17 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 6.3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

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
Engagement17% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.59/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 81% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 101 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

How I got it working on Windows 11 If your game goes to white screen and then just exits - try this: [*] Right click the game name in the library, go to Manage > Browse local files . This will open the game folder ( steamapps\common\SSZ Directors Cut\ ) [*] Go to pc\main\Binary [*] Try running SSZ32.exe - if that works, we're nearly there. [*] Now rename SSZ.exe to SSZ-.exe [*] Rename SSZ32.exe to SSZ.exe [*] You...
StarLightPLRecommendedafter 2.4hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Probably this was the last of freelancer-like game I played. The switching between ship and robot is memorable as is the soundtrack. I played this version and not the original not even knowing that the other one had many bugs. Well, I've been lucky! 7.5/10
davebelloRecommendedafter 6.3hSep 2025Read on Steam
Complete down grade from the original from lighting textures, even color choices and aesthetics. While making the game size almost 3 times as large. The performance is worse too but only by a bit. Their original artists must have gone on to do better things and they had to hire liberal arts interns desperate for work. They changed the story progression to get you in the Strike Suit a little sooner, but cheapened it...
NopraptorNot recommendedafter 8.8hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

The Director's Cut of Strike Suit Zero delivers the ultimate version with a graphical overhaul, restructured campaign and all its DLC. Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills will decide Earth's fate.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/288370/strike-suit-zero-director-s-cut
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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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperBorn Ready Games
PublisherBorn Ready Games
GenreShooter
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements13