Heavy Weapon Deluxe

Heavy Weapon Deluxe

Fair · Short indie · 2006

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
2.4h
Value
$2.08/hr
Reviews
87% of 449 positive
It needs 34% off ($3.27) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.27 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 7 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

Holding it back
Value$2.08/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews87% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 85% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds5 of 313 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

It's shoot-'em-up arcade action at its best! Use an incredible assortment of heavy artillery to blast away enemy tanks and planes, and fight your way to victory. What are you waiting for? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get into the action!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Windows only.

The value story

Across all 49 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Planes, Bullets and Vodka ($0.49, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Cyberhunt ($4.99, scores 57).

More about Heavy Weapon Deluxe

This site sampled 313 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 225 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 53 percent of everything written about it.

Players

Players online
4 when we last checked, on Oct 11, 21:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

This game was a lot of fun to play. It's challenging, hectic, and addicting! It had me constantly on my toes the entire time I was playing. It starts off with not much happening in the early missions, but slowly as you progress through there are more enemy types like the TF-77 Havanski atomic bomber or the S-34 Reflex fighter. It can also get stressful at times since there are a lot of things going on in the later...
AethericalRecommendedafter 5.2hMay 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
this game is very gud popcap game one of the best popcap game but if you are a little poop and cry becuse this game is not baby easy like most popcap games like pvz and insaiquarium go away but pvz and insaiquarium is still very gud games note: the big monkey man is cool
boskusRecommendedafter 2.8hApr 2026Read on Steam
This version moves and aims with mouse making it very difficult to play. I also had a bug where the game was running 20% faster than it is supposed to in full screen. The game does not feature wide screen support. There are ways to play the 360 version on pc for a way better experience allowing you to have twin stick shooter controls, widescreen, co-op, and higher resolution. Very fun nostalgic game but it is a...
MontyNot recommendedafter 6.2hJun 2026Read 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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Heavy Weapon Deluxe scores 62/100 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/3410/heavy-weapon-deluxe
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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.

Tags

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Details

DeveloperPopCap Games, Inc.
PublisherPopCap Games, Inc.
GenreShort indie
Released2006
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate