Kona
Skip · Narrative · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 5.4h
- Value
- $2.78/hr
- Reviews
- 83% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon 6850 / Intel HD 5000+, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
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
The value story
December 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $1.49. It has been discounted 41 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 11 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 22 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Subnautica: Below Zero ($29.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats The Beast Inside ($24.99, scores 48).
73 from critics against 83 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 20 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 550 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 383 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.4 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
72% start to 20% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 03:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
just geniuanlly one of my favorite games been playing since 05-17-17 (on xbox) i love the story and the survival aspects
This game is my favorite! I recommend buying this game if it is on sale. Great graphics but not the best. A good and well made story. The only bad thing is the very short ending. The map is just great. The best thing is the atmosphere. It is just so good. Another bad thing is the overall feel of just playing a walking sim because of all the distance you have to travel to get to the houses and stuff. Overall the game...
The atmosphere is okay, gameplay is extremely lethargic, which makes the game feel way too drawn out and boring. A few instances in the game are genuinely interesting but it becomes repetitive after the first time, except towards the end which is still refreshing. Nothing noteworthy to say, just a normal indie game. A simple increase in player movement and interaction speed would go a long way to make it feel more...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Kona scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/365160/konaReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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