Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
Fair · RPG · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.6h 12.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.08/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 255 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.99 (40% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 38 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 25 percent, about 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Buddy Simulator 1984 ($9.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Left on Read (free, scores 55).
More about Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
The main story runs 4.6 hours. Doing everything runs 12, 2.6 times as long.
At 4.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
90% 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
The worst COG for me. Really, all I have played was somehow interesting but this one just meh. Was thinking about refund but decided to pull myself together and finish it.. Totally regret it. This game is so immature. From the given choices and character's action I assumed that the age of MC (and all other "heroes") is 12. I like funny options usually but in this game they are the worst: inappropriate, lame...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
There are two main issues here: the first being that the writing is somewhat puerile at times. Trying to be a jokester feels almost impossible because of how inappropriate and just downright lame you have to be. On top of that the dialogue seems to split 50/50 between your choice is completely ignored, and there being a definitive "correct" way to answer. Which is kinda killer for any game like this. Second is just...
One of the better choice games out there, you're a powerless hero in a school of people who have powers. It can be a little daunting knowing that but it can work out great if you have the right stats. After having so many restarts I finally made a hero that can sort of function in this environment. The story is interesting and romances a bit minor. I wish there was more interaction time between characters but the...
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Cite this score
Community College Hero: Trial by Fire scores 64/100 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/423120/community-college-hero-trial-by-fireReviews 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.