Power-Up
Skip · Action · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 6, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 6.5h 11.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.46/hr
- Reviews
- 58% of 268 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 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 fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX drivers for HiDef graphics., 82 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 15 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 20 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 74 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 95 percent. On the same math Valfaris ($24.99, scores 43) and Jets'n'Guns 2 ($15.99, scores 59) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
What players say
Very fun SHoot-eM-UP. I don't have much time in it yet, but I got far enough to have better than half of my weapons fully upgraded before running out of ships. Takes me back to the 90's. You have several different weapons that are selectable on the fly with power-ups along way to make whichever one you're using at the time stronger. Along with speed and force field power ups that can be picked up too. Like the days...
2 more reviews
Power-Up, developed and published by Psychotic Psoftware, is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up that leans heavily into the traditions of classic arcade design while attempting to inject a bit of modern flexibility through its upgrade systems. It presents a familiar setup-a lone pilot fighting against overwhelming alien forces-but its real focus is not on narrative or worldbuilding, but on delivering a mechanically...
i think its one of the best side scrolling shoot em ups that i never play! nice game controls, the sound is well and it looks really great 10 points from germany
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Cite this score
Power-Up scores 6/100 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/312640/power-upReviews 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.