Point Perfect

Point Perfect

Skip · Action · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 20, under the fair line, at $0.84.

Length
3.4h
Value
$0.25/hr
Reviews
66% of 232 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

It is 83% 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

Raising the score
Value$0.25/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set That is today's sale price. Normally $1.47/hr
Engagement3% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews66% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 67% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 28 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

Dodge, dip, duck, click and point your way in this retro-arcade death trap! The invaders are approaching, the Mothership needs your help to defend the home systems. Climb aboard, ready your Navigator 3.1X fighter craft and select some targets for the big guy to blow back to hell.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Direct X 8 compatible graphics card. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

90 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.84 at 83 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.

It is less well reviewed than 82 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. 8BitBoy™ ($6.99, scores 35) and Polygoneer ($4.99, scores 35) both outscore it.

More about Point Perfect

Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.4-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

12% start to 3% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

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

What players say

When this game was loading, it said "TIP: You should do great with all that hand exercising you do." ...Let that set the tone for this game. The game is super difficult but the bosses are well designed and fulfilling to defeat. Also it has a pretty cool perk/score system that makes it very replayable.
PraxiumRecommendedafter 4.1h51 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Point Perfect is a fiercely focused arcade experience that strips gameplay down to one essential skill: absolute mouse precision. Developed by Highcastle Studios and published by Plug In Digital, the game positions itself as a modern reinterpretation of old-school arcade challenge design, where mastery comes not from complex systems or layered progression, but from raw reflexes, spatial awareness, and persistence...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 12hFeb 2026Read on Steam
Point Perfect seems like a unique concept at first, and it is. Thing is though, this seems like a game thats worth maybe one dollar. Not five. Only buy this on sale. 6/10
tianlu pixiuNot recommendedafter 1.1h7 found this helpfulRead 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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Point Perfect scores 20/100 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/303840/point-perfect
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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 30, 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

DeveloperHighcastle Studios
PublisherPlug In Digital
GenreAction
Released2014
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements10