Planet R-12
Fair · Action · 2016
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $1.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.8h 6.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.11/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 286 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 207 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
"Planet R-12" is a 2D tactical shooter. Your squad of persistent soldiers accidently landed on a planet of robots, populated by hostile mechanisms and war machines. Each step on a planet is full of dangers and soldiers really need your skills and abilities.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128MB graphics card, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 90 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 30 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 6 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Achievement Clicker ($0.49, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt (free, scores 57).
More about Planet R-12
Finishing takes 1.8 hours; clearing it takes 7, which is 3.6 times the campaign.
The drop-off
3% 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
What players say
Great game here with huge potential. However modest in design, this game shows immense creativity in both the artwork and story line; with fights that are fun and interactive with a bit of a "Castle-Crasher's" feel to it, though a touch more tactical.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
This review utilizes the Early 2000's Gamespot Score System: Gameplay: 5, I was entertained in the early game, but fights took too long, and the final boss was a slog Graphics: 6, Serviceable, but relatively bland. The enemy designs were fun. Sound: 4, I literally cannot recall any of the audio in this game, but it wasn't offensive Value: 8, I bought this game for $0.49, played for about an hour before credits. A...
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Cite this score
Planet R-12 scores 62/100 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/408110/planet-r-12Reviews 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.