Pankapu

Pankapu

Skip · Action · 2016

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 12, under the fair line, at $11.99.

Length
8.2h
Value
$1.46/hr
Reviews
64% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
8.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
15.6h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.46
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$11.99
as of Sep 23
Reviews
64%
1,475 reviews, as of Sep 23
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2016

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 3D card with 512 MB. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Pankapu is a narrative action-platformer that takes place in the dreams of Djaha’rell, a child troubled by a tragic incident. Upgrade your skills, find new competencies, switch your Aegis in real time in order to get rid of Nightmare's invasion.
Description from the Steam store page.

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

Holding it back
Value$1.46/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews64% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length8.2 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 81 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $1.19, set in August 2026. 31 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.

It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 88 percent. On the same math Hollow Knight ($14.99, scores 97) and Owlboy ($19.99, scores 51) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 8.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

The drop-off

65% start to 6% 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

Players

8 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 02:49 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Pankapu scores 12/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/418670/pankapu
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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 23, price as of Sep 23.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperToo Kind Studio
PublisherDear Villagers
GenreAction
Released2016
Achievements56