UnReal World
Worth it · Roguelike · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 50% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.50Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$4.3570% off
- Cost per hour
- $0.72/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 1,395
- Genre rank
- Top 6% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reach
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.35 or less.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 20.2h
- To 100%
- 29.2h 1.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 70 on record
- Typical cut
- 35% off
- Steam low
- $2.90 September 2026
- Sale every
- 39d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 11 now
- Cheaper than
- 41% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 70 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 35 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 93 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Terminus: Zombie Survivors ($19.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Wayward ($7.99, scores 59).
More about UnReal World
3 of the 349 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 158 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 18 days ago.
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
What players say
Not sure what to say other than I play this game about 50% of the time I play video games. Oh, I have some awesome modern and classic titles... but this goodie but oldie still holds my attention much of the time. Play it, learn it, even mod it. Buy a few axes (IRL), learn how to use and sharpen them. Build shelters in the woods with your kids, watch them try to build traps (IRL). Return to the UNREAL World for...
2 more reviews
A rather unique game (there's similar ones, but this still stands out) that really shows the long development time. Though, it's... Well, not 'shallow', but 'simple'. If you loved playing, f.ex., Cataclysm:DDA because it's fun to scavenge a world filled with resources, learning to jury-rig whatever devices you need and rebuilding infrastructure from scratch... This isn't that sorta game. Buy it if you think you'll...
No game quite like it (that i know of). This is a chill yet brutal survival game that's ACTUALLY about survival (unlike the vast majority of modern day "survival" games). You're just surviving in a huge randomized nature map. It's got everything from different kinds of hunting and fishing, as well as foraging and crafting (weaponry, shelters, clothing, etc.). On top of that, if you manage to make nature your b!tch...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 800x600 minimum resolution, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
UnReal World scores 79/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/351700/unreal-worldReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.