Dusk 12

Dusk 12

Skip · Shooter · 2014

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $3.99.

Length
3.9h 9.2h to 100%
Value
$1.02/hr
Reviews
48% of 244 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

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
Value$1.02/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews48% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 52% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 128 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

Dusk 12 is a first person shooter, full of action where the player will incarnate two heroes. One of the soldiers of the group, with unknown past and one of the infected men with the virus, who has strength, speed and fortitude beyond human limits.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128 MB, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 105 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 85 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is cheaper than 85 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 95 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Chex Quest HD (free, scores 52) and STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster ($29.99, scores 54) both outscore it.

More about Dusk 12

Inside the two-hour refund window, 32 percent of the 104 reviews written there were positive, against 48 percent overall, and those are 46 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 3.9 hours. Doing everything runs 9, 2.4 times as long.

What players say

Graphics look quite outdated and gameplay is boring and repetitive. feels like the game hasn't been updated in years and turns into dull routine. not exciting at all and leaves you wishing for more action and creativity.
🍀 WinteraidNot recommendedafter 4.7hMar 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
I love euro jank but it's a fine line between fun and frustration in this genre - Dusk 12's combat is so clunky and unbalanced that it just isn't fun. The human levels are passable, but half of the game you play as a mutant who can only use his fists to fight and it's just a chore to get through.
TirfulNot recommendedafter 2.9hDec 2025Read on Steam
Dusk 12, developed by Orion Games and published by ESDigital Games, is a first-person shooter that attempts to merge classic run-and-gun action with a gritty virus-outbreak narrative. Set in a city torn apart by a devastating epidemic that mutates its inhabitants into violent, twisted creatures, the game places players in the roles of two distinct protagonists. One is a soldier with the training and firepower...
xxadonisxxNot recommendedafter 13hOct 2025Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Dusk 12 scores 0/100 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/317970/dusk-12
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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

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Details

DeveloperOrion Games
PublisherESDigital Games
GenreShooter
Released2014
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate