Pit People®

Pit People®

BANGER · RPG · 2018

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 60% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$19.99BANGER

Typical seasonal cut

$7.9960% offBANGER

Cost per hour▼
$2.08/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 8,182
Critics
78 players 15 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% RPG
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.99 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
9.6h
To 100%
226.2h 23.6x the story
Finish
9% reach the ending
Achievements
27

Price and sales

Sales
62 on record
Typical cut
56% off
Steam low
$5.99 February 2026
Sale every
45d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $5.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
11 now
Cheaper than
10% of its genre
Better reviewed
97% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

86% start to 9% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 62 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 56 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 1 percent. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Castle Crashers® ($14.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Chroma Squad ($14.99, scores 81).

The math says it holds its tier up to $49.87, and you are being asked for $19.99.

More about Pit People®

Critics scored it 78. Players sit 15 points higher at 93 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 9 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 9.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 514 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 9 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 510 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 9.6 hours. Doing everything runs 226, 24 times as long.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 9.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 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
Replayability~58h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 9.6h main story
Engagement9% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.08/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds9 of 514 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

This game is a one of kind gem that doesn't take itself seriously, bombarding you with a new level of funny and random every turn. This studio didn't disappoint after following up battle block theater, and I hope it gets the love it deserves.
PeptoDogRecommendedafter 12hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Highkey might be my new Favorite Behemoth game, despite the fact the only other behemoth game I've played was Castle Crashers. Highkey thought I wasn't gonna enjoy this game but in the first 5 minutes of me playing the game I was having fun! That's when I remembered I was playing a game by the Behemoth! Anyways, yeah. 10 Gems/10 Hattys. Would buy again.
MrFunnyGuyRecommendedafter 1.9hAug 2026Read on Steam
And so, Techbane, after playing for a good few hours, felt the overwhelming urge to go to the store page and gush about Pit People with a positive review. Well. Sort of, I guess? There's a lot to like here, it's just that the way it's all presented-- I SAID, after sampling the delectable splendor on display, mmyes, the product of so much bear blood, sweat, and tears, Techbane went to the store page and left a...
Techbane #FreeHKRecommendedafter 2.5hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 512 MB video card, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Pit People® scores 88/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/291860/pit-people
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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 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+15
Critics78
Players93
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 8,182 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperThe Behemoth
PublisherThe Behemoth
GenreRPG
Released2018
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements27