Genome Guardian
Worth it · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.79, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since May 2024.
- Length
- 114h 118h to 100%
- Value
- $0.04/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 786 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 60% 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
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic roguelite turret shooter with macroscopic depth. Survive 6 modes using an astounding array of turrets, perks, mutations and power-ups on this psychedelic journey to the heart of the abyss. Shmup Mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 799 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 28 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $4.79 at 60 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 19 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 83 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, 20 Minutes Till Dawn ($4.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats NIMRODS ($9.99, scores 59).
More about Genome Guardian
Of the 355 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2024 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 100 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
98% start to 10% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This game was quite the journey to 100%, although if you ask me, I'd definitely highly recommend playing the sequel "Genome Guardian 2" instead over this, as in GG1 it was quite difficult to read the storyline, amongst other minor or/and MAJOR annoyances. In GG2, the story was far more easily readable, it's basically a re-telling of the whole story of GG1 in a sense. Despite that, however, I mostly enjoyed the game...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Genome Guardian scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2891310/genome-guardianReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.