FLARE NUINUI QUEST

FLARE NUINUI QUEST

Fair · Action · 2024

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $7.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
1.1h
Value
$7.26/hr
Reviews
93% of 256 positive
It needs 41% off ($4.69) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.69 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 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
Reviews93% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 89% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement27% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$7.26/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
Refunds0 of 247 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

Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.

The value story

The lowest price on record is $3.99, set in March 2026. Across all 8 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 11 weeks apart.

On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Kaze and the Wild Masks ($9.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Owlboy ($19.99, scores 52).

More about FLARE NUINUI QUEST

Steam's global achievement data puts 27 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 247 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2024 to July 2026.

At 1.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

54% start to 27% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

(100% the game on steam deck) This game has a ton of stylistic charm going for it. Mega man inspired platforming, combat and bosses, but it has its own wonderful identity. Main story is short and sweet, but as you get more abilities, you can backtrack to get the achievements and secrets for each level and collect what you missed to go for true ending. Music is nice 8bit remixes of hololive songs. Knowing about...
MikemasterX10Recommendedafter 11hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
This game portrays itself as fun and simple 2D platformer that holds more more content than you think. The gameplay is straightforward with some similarities to the Mega Man series. It doesn't get too flashy with anything and instead goes for a more classic feeling of platformer adventures. Its not much on paper but it gets the job done thanks to its charm and style. The graphics and pixel art are crisp and solid...
NickelRecommendedafter 12hMar 2026Read on Steam
I bought this game because: - the art looked good - The characters looked inspired and interesting - it looked skill based but also accessible - it felt like the right amount of "out of my comfort zone" and promising for a new experience After finishing it just now, I found out the characters all come from Vtubers' characters, seemingly from a group of them called holomems, and they're part of something called...
LucyRecommendedafter 19hDec 2025Read 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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FLARE NUINUI QUEST scores 60/100 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/3081830/flare-nuinui-quest
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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 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developersulpx
Publisherholo Indie
GenreAction
Released2024
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements35