Clutch

Clutch

Skip · Shooter · 2009

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 27, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Length
5h 8.5h to 100%
Value
$2.00/hr
Reviews
72% of 253 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each 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$2.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews72% positive
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
Refunds2 of 68 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

Clutch is a fast-paced arcade racing game which will challenge the resilience of anyone's nerves. You play as a person who has survived a catastrophe of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), while everyone else in the city has been transformed into a bloodthirsty zombie.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 57 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 55 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 69 percent of its genre. BlazeRush ($9.99, scores 63) outscores it, and so does Carmageddon: Max Damage ($16.99, scores 51). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Clutch

51 from critics against 72 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

What players say

God, this held up well. Essentially you race a car, which can be kitted out with all sorts of hazardously sharp bumpers, and mow down zombies and, quite frequently, your fellow human competitors. Clutch apparently has a plot that explains how such a scenario has come to pass, but it's a plot that doesn't bear any scrutiny. What matters is that the graphics still look damn sharp for a game from 2009 and the vehicle...
James_R_MillarRecommendedafter 8.0hDec 2025Read on Steam
1 more review
I haven't played this game in at east 15 years and loved it. I only wish it had multiplayer. The game's awesome nonetheless and well worth the money.
FVRecommendedafter 14hSep 2025Read 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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Clutch scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/35310/clutch
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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+21
Critics51
Players72
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 253 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperTargem Games
PublisherGame Factory Interactive
GenreShooter
Released2009
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate