Hylics
BANGER · RPG · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $2.99.
- Length
- 3.4h
- Value
- $0.88/hr
- Reviews
- 98% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 1024 x 768 or higher desktop resolution. Windows only.
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
What drives the score
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.98. That was June 2017. 38 discounts in the 11 years on record. They run about 50 percent off, roughly 13 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is cheaper than 83 percent of its genre, and the best reviewed. Among the games closest to it, Hylics 2 ($14.99, scores 79) and Felvidek ($6.59, scores 95) both come in lower.
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $11.10. It costs $2.99.
This site sampled 445 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 89 percent of the 803 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3.4 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Players
7 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 11:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
When I rate games, I like to think of the 1-10 scale primarily as a measure of how well a game accomplishes what it sets out to be. With that in mind, I have to give Hylics a perfect 10, because Hylics is completely and unapologetically itself. From the very start of the game, I knew I was in for something special. The atmosphere of Wayne's house alone is mesmerizing. The somber yet hopeful music, with its minimal...
Wonderfully silly the whole way through! Especially good for a game that's about one Castration Movie long
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Cite this score
Hylics scores 97/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/397740/hylicsReviews 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 23, price as of Oct 1.
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