CrossCode
BANGER · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99BANGER
Typical seasonal cut
$5.9970% offBANGER
- Cost per hourS
- $0.56/hr
- ReviewsS
- 92% of 18,532
- Critics
- 86 players 6 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% RPG
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 35.7h
- To 100%
- 79.4h 2.2x the story
- Finish
- 17% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 86
Price and sales
- Sales
- 80 on record
- Typical cut
- 25% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 October 2026
- Sale every
- 43d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 123 now
- Recent reviews
- 87% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 10% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
72% start to 17% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
80 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 25 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dungeons of Hinterberg ($5.74, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Evoland 2 ($19.99, scores 68).
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $27.07. It costs $19.99.
More about CrossCode
Steam's global achievement data puts about 17 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 35.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 77 percent of the 627 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic); the score docks it lightly for that.
Finishing takes 35.7 hours; clearing it takes 79, which is 2.2 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 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
CrossCode was a game I noticed years ago and put straight into my backlog. It wasn't until the announcement of Radical Fish Games next title, Alabaster Dawn , that I finally decided to play through it. What I experienced was one of the most impressive, emotional, and adrenaline-rushing games I have ever played. It immediately jumped onto my list of all-time favorites alongside games. Art Direction & Audiovisuals...
2 more reviews
I really like this game! Of course, there are frustrating and challenging parts (as forewarned) which makes me swear sometimes. Okay, most of the time. I played in normal difficulty. Story: Coherent and ties up nicely in the DLC. Truly invokes the nostalgic feeling of playing an MMO. Comedy and drama are placed well. Lore is interesting and well thought--shapes, elements, classes. Puzzles: YEY PUZZLES!! ERK. TIMED...
It's kind of a 2D Zelda-like but with more tricky puzzles and fast paced melee and ranged combat. It has some great boss battles. The ability tree was fun to customize. Tons of special moves. Lots of items and equipment to loot. The jumping puzzles were fun. Excellent dungeons. The story is really well done. For the most part the dialogue is well written and rarely prattles on. Great characters. Tons of content and...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory, 1GB memory recommended. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
CrossCode scores 85/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/368340/crosscodeReviews 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 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.