Robotex

Robotex

Skip · Action · 2014

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Cost per hour▼
$2.50/hr
Reviews▼
38% of 971
Genre rank
Top 100% Action

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
2h

Price and sales

Sales
58 on record
Typical cut
90% off
Steam low
$0.09 August 2015
Sale every
44d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.09 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Cheaper than
51% of its genre
Better reviewed
1% of its genre
Price and player charts

Players

Players online
2 when we last checked, on Oct 12, 18:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

The value story

The value story

Across all 58 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. On the same math Life Goes On: Done to Death ($12.99, scores 62) and Super Fancy Pants Adventure ($9.99, scores 71) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about Robotex

Inside the two-hour refund window, 27 percent of the 438 reviews written there were positive, against 38 percent overall, and those are 59 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 3 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.50/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 39% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 57 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

What players say

Robotex is a side-scrolling action platformer developed by YFYX GAMES and published by My Way Games, released on Steam in 2014. Positioned as a small independent project, the game attempts to combine classic 2D platforming with shooting mechanics and light environmental puzzle elements. Built with a relatively simple design philosophy, the title focuses on straightforward controls and short gameplay loops rather...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 9.1hMar 2026Read on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
It's simply unacceptable to make such awkward, awkward, and unresponsive controls in a game where the entire gameplay depends on them.
c3_h7Not recommendedafter 1.1h3 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

About the game

Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 (or better), 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Robotex scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/330350/robotex
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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 Oct 19, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperYFYX GAMES
PublisherMy Way Games
GenreAction
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate