Horizon Shift
Skip · Shooter · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 47, under the fair line, at $1.24.
- Length
- 10.2h 95.2h to 100%
- Value
- $0.12/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 328 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 75% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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How to read this
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About the game
Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based single screen shooter with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1GB Intel Graphic, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 118 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $1.24 at 75 percent off still sits 80 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 45 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 77 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Distant Space 2 ($0.49, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Really Big Sky ($1.24, scores 43).
More about Horizon Shift
Finishing takes 10.2 hours; clearing it takes 95, which is 9.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
13% start to 4% 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
With a distinctive Namco feel, Horizon Shift is one of the most accomplished arcade games since Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ . You can think in Space Invaders Extreme going to bed with Donkey Kong Horizon Shift is one of the most brilliant single screen shmups ever created, that it's heavily influenced by Taito contemporary classics like Space Invaders Extreme . But it also succeeds on putting a lot of masterful...
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Cite this score
Horizon Shift scores 47/100 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/326120/horizon-shiftReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.