Viktor

Viktor

Skip · Action · 2014

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 26, under the fair line, at $7.99.

Length
1.8h 3.8h to 100%
Value
$4.44/hr
Reviews
71% of 252 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

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.87 (89% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

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
Engagement6% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$4.44/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews71% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 63 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

Viktor is an action-packed sidescrolling adventure with gameplay inspired by classics such as Castlevania and Megaman. As Viktor, you will fight your way through hordes of relentless enemies, lurking traps, and fearsome bosses who will try to keep you from your mission.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia or AMD graphics card with updated drivers, 256 MB, 348 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

103 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians ($9.99, scores 37) beats it on value, while it beats Smilemo ($9.99, scores 24).

More about Viktor

Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 1.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

1.8 hours to finish it, 4 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.1 times the campaign.

The drop-off

26% start to 6% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

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

What players say

A fantastic adventure! 🕹️ The gameplay is immersive and full of exciting moments. I enjoyed exploring and challenging myself. Highly recommended for adventure game fans!🌟
🍀 WinteraidRecommendedafter 3.1hNov 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
ZubumafuRecommendedafter 8.5hDec 2023Read on Steam
Viktor has some nice ideas and mechanics, but i have some problems with it: double jump and dash are required all the time, becoming a burden; the enemies and bosses are bullet sponges and require systematic approaches; the enemies are small, strong and generic projectiles, bugs and spiders; the soundtrack is tiresome; screen shake is excessive and cannot be disabled. I beat about 50% of the game, tried some...
tigromvivoNot recommendedafter 2.6hJan 2022Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Viktor scores 26/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/296730/viktor
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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

DeveloperShorebound Studios
PublisherShorebound Studios
GenreAction
Released2014
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements34