Advent Rising
Skip · Shooter · 2006
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 44, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 8h 8.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.25/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 591 positive
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
About the game
A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...
Minimum specs
Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 64 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 48 percent on value. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ($59.99, scores 59) and STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™ ($9.99, scores 61) both outscore it.
More about Advent Rising
Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 111 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
I knew nothing about the game. I just liked the cover art and bought it. So far, so good.
1 more review, not recommended
It's an old game that is not optimized for play on modern hardware. It works just fine on OGXBOX or XEMU, it feels clunky on PC.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Advent Rising scores 44/100 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/3800/advent-risingReviews 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.