Anarcute

Anarcute

Fair · Action · 2016

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
6.1h 14h to 100%
Value
$2.46/hr
Reviews
92% of 800 positive
It needs 25% off ($11.24) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.24 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 6 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

Raising the score
Reviews92% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 91% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Value$2.46/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 332 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

Anarcute is a rampaging riot simulator, combining adorable aesthetics with huge-scale chaos, colourful destruction and crowd-beat’em all gameplay!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Direct X9.0c Compatible Card. Windows only.

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 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 6 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 5 percent on value. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Overcooked ($16.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Tools Up! ($19.99, scores 36).

More about Anarcute

79 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 332 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 199 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 35 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 6.1 hours. Doing everything runs 14, 2.3 times as long.

At 6.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

80% start to 3% 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

Pretty fun stuff-smashing game. A controller is needed to be able to beat the later levels though.
SenorZorrosRecommendedafter 15hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
I had a lot of fun growing my little crowd and turning each level into complete chaos. Throwing objects, destroying buildings, and unlocking new abilities keeps the action entertaining. The crowd can be awkward to control sometimes, but I still enjoyed the overall experience.
NanacoRecommendedafter 4.6hAug 2026Read on Steam
this little game is super cute and creative!! rebelling against the government has never been this adorable before and it's also a lot of fun, because you gather groups of cute animals, including bunnies, and fight soldiers while causing chaos across the city in an attempt to overthrow an authoritarian government. The game also features several creative boss fights and beautiful relaxing music throughout the...
Lady BriarwoodRecommendedafter 9.5hJun 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Anarcute scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/390720/anarcute
Embed the live badge

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+13
Critics79
Players92
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 800 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperAnarteam
PublisherAnarteam
GenreAction
Released2016
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements25