Particula

Particula

Skip · Strategy · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 7 of 8 sales

It scores 15, under the fair line, at $29.99.

Cost per hour▼
$17.64/hr
Reviews▼
70% of 2,800
Genre rank
Top 82% Strategy

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

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

Time and effort

Main story
1.7h
To 100%
4.3h 2.5x the story

Price and sales

Sales
116 on record
Typical cut
51% off
Steam low
$0.19 August 2015
Sale every
34d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.19 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
4 now
Cheaper than
3% of its genre
Better reviewed
30% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 116 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 51 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 70 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Toy Soldiers: Complete ($14.99, scores 35) beats it on value, while it beats Castle Story ($9.99, scores 14).

More about Particula

None of the 209 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 309 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 48 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 1.7 hours; clearing it takes 4, which is 2.5 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 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$17.64/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
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 209 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

Destroy negativity, clear your mind! Particula brings you a new perspective in gaming, helping you to concentrate and relax. A three players co-op tower defense experience with a relaxing soundtrack, smooth visuals and gameplay.
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.

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Particula scores 15/100 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/343360/particula
Embed the live badge

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 31, 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

DeveloperMicroblast Games
PublisherSA Industry
GenreStrategy
Released2015
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate