Valley

Valley

Fair · Action · 2016

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$14.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$1.7988% offBANGER

Cost per hour▼
$4.05/hr
ReviewsS
91% of 6,709
Genre rank
Top 5% Action

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
It needs 69% off ($4.59) to be a BANGER.
Worth it at $12.58.
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.79 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
3.7h
To 100%
10.7h 2.9x the story
Achievements
30

Price and sales

Sales
78 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$1.49 December 2021
Sale every
46d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.35 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Cheaper than
13% of its genre
Better reviewed
97% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

78% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 78 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 7 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $4.59. The record reaches that level 51 times.

Its score puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Peaks of Yore ($18.99, scores 94) beats it on value, while it beats Die Young ($9.99, scores 52).

More about Valley

Of the 447 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 717 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 3.7 hours; clearing it takes 11, which is 2.9 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.24 (85% off). Predictions like this were right 92% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.

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

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$4.05/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Refunds2 of 447 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

What players say

This game is beautiful in a melancholic way, which, given the storyline, works immaculately. Gameplay, controls, combat, all very tight and responsive fluid and fun, the art style and world are gorgeous, enemy and creature design is creative and fun, the soundtrack adds that extra ethereal layer that makes this game special, I loved the ability to share life energy as well, it helped tie a bittersweet bow around...
Hoggs_BosonRecommendedafter 122h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
An interesting story driven running simulator with minimal action. Definitely worth checking out. 7/10
MexicutionerRecommendedafter 6.3h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
Really fun physics-based movement. Loved to run, jump and swing throughout the forest, and the life-death mechanics are very creative, poetic even.
thepreacherRecommendedafter 7.2hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 650 or better, Radeon HD 7770 or better, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Valley scores 65/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/378610/valley
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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 Oct 20, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperBlue Isle Studios
PublisherBlue Isle Publishing
GenreAction
Released2016
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements30