Backgammon Blitz
Skip · Short indie · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 7, under the fair line, at $3.99.
- Length
- 0.9h
- Value
- $4.43/hr
- Reviews
- 60% of 268 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 578 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
Loved by millions, played for centuries, backgammon is a two-player strategy game quite unlike any other. The goal is simple: race to get your checkers off the board first. The deceptively deep rules and rhythm of backgammon has secured it as a favourite among casual and veteran players alike.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT or AMD Radeon HD 4600, 604 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 83 weeks ago.
It is less well reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Tabletopia (free, scores 10) beats it on value, while it beats Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁) (free, scores 5).
The drop-off
63% start to 2% rarestNo 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
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 08:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Dice are fixed and I frequently receive the following msg:- "An unexpected error occurred in Backgammon Blitz. The error has been reported to VooFoo and we hope to have this resolved in an update". To date, over the past year, I have received this message five times. Of course, the game also crashes!
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
This game is ok but has not been maintained for years and is slowly falling apart!
Looks fine, plays fine, has dumb AI offline and ghost matchmaking services. I have yet to be able to find any online opponents despite seeing what appears to be an active leaderboard. Good thing it was cheap. Uninstalling, please wait.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Backgammon Blitz scores 7/100 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/395900/backgammon-blitzReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.