REVEREND
Fair · Shooter · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 0.7h 1.6h to 100%
- Value
- $4.27/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 262 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
A retro first-person shooter inspired by Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, and Rise of the Triad. REVEREND is a dark, twisted tale with religious undertones, terrifying creature designs and one hell of a personality.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, Compatible with DirectX 8.1, 61 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 20 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 25 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 40 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 90 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Bloodshed ($12.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Dread Templar ($19.99, scores 45).
More about REVEREND
Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 157 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 83 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 0.7 hours; clearing it takes 2, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
25% start to 15% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Okay, this might not be a "from the bottom of my heart"-recommendation, but "Reverend" definitely has some aspects and some "old school" vibes that do the job pretty well: + different levels with different locations, keeping the exploration motivating, with some really nice details to be discovered + different weapons that feel different, although they have a little few satisfying punch in it + Different enemies...
2 more reviews
Fun little Doom-style game. It's pretty short but that's fine for the price. Really creative enemies! The sprites and animations are fun, varied, and took me by surprise a couple times. It's been argued that Dead Trash was better, and I'd agree, but Reverend is still fun. My only negative is that the controls are very basic, direct input. But as a seasoned boomer shooter enthusiast I'm used to that.
My first impression was that it looked so ugly! but I quickly fell for the weird, dark and grotesque features of the whole game. The radiant toxic green was pretty too. I always relish a good soundtrack and this one was very good; dark ambient with some industrial and symphonic music, chef kiss. I appreciate how creative is the design for monsters, maps, items and some weapons in a game so basic and short. I had one...
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Cite this score
REVEREND scores 50/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2977570/reverendReviews 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 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.