Volume

Volume

Skip · Action · 2015

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 33, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Length
7h 8.2h to 100%
Value
$2.86/hr
Reviews
76% of 715 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

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$2.86/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews76% 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
Refunds0 of 85 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

Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1GB, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

Across all 78 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 41 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 64 percent. Among the games that feel like it, ECHO ($24.99, scores 34) beats it on value, while it beats Satellite Reign ($29.99, scores 29).

More about Volume

At 7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

63% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Nice stealth game!. Beautiful artistic design(Low poly), nice history, good gameplay and decent soundtrack. Is a good game in general terms. Special mention for spanish language support.(Subtitles).
Íñigo MontoyaRecommendedafter 10hJul 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Played to platinum on PSN, happy to see the experience is similar on PC I honestly can't remember which platform I bought this game for first - either way they both ended up as backlog items for a while despite my best intentions. Either way, I've played them both now and am wholly satisfied. ___ The main game consists of 100 core levels. The gameplay is stealth, and it plays from an isometric view. The story runs...
§єǫuєᴋʜaɴ ⚶Recommendedafter 6.6hSep 2024Read on Steam
If you crave more Metal Gear Solid 1 VR missions, this is the closest non-MGS game your going to get.
yanneyanenRecommendedafter 1.9hAug 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Volume scores 33/100 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/365770/volume
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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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-4
Critics80
Players76
Metacritic critics · 715 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBithell Games
PublisherBithell Games
GenreAction
Released2015
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements24