Comanche 4

Comanche 4

Fair · Action · 2009

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
5h 9.6h to 100%
Value
$2.00/hr
Reviews
90% of 320 positive
It needs 27% off ($7.25) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.25 or less.

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1383 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

Holding it back
Value$2.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews90% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 160 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

The best-selling Comanche series returns with this fast-paced action game that places you at the controls of a Comanche RAH-66 helicopter. In 6 single player campaigns and multiplayer, the game combines serious firepower with effortless controls and stunning, interactive terrain.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, Direct3D w/ 16MB or better, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 52 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 198 weeks ago.

Value puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Men of War: Assault Squad 2 ($29.99, scores 85) beats it on value, while it beats IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 ($9.99, scores 58).

More about Comanche 4

Critics scored it 74. Players sit 16 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 108 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 37 percent of everything written about it.

Players

Players online
2 when we last checked, on Oct 15, 03:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

One of the best, yet. in my genre of action with helicopters. this is nostalgia and yet theres no game came close to this fun
NoH0RNY BroRecommendedafter 3.7hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This and Doom were the first games, way back when, where you could go anywhere you wanted (non-linear I think it is called). I used to go around this mountain and "sit" at a certain place like a cat and wait for my enemies! When they flew by I could then take them all out! This was the first version of the game. This one is the 2nd? version I think which is still good that way. The newest is beautiful but too...
phastings01Recommendedafter 141hDec 2025Read on Steam
A 25 year old game that runs smoothly on modern hardware, and credits go to THQ Nordic for that. 10 bucks is a laughable price for such a turd. While the game is not cheap, it certainly feels cheap It manages to simplify flight controls (eg. automate altitude) to the point that it makes things HARDER, not easier. Difficulty resides not in mission planning, not in flying the damn thing, not in targeting, not in...
Eith-ZalNot recommendedafter 6.7hFeb 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Comanche 4 scores 63/100 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/32750/comanche-4
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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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+16
Critics74
Players90
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 320 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperNovaLogic
PublisherNovaLogic
GenreAction
Released2009
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate