Bell Ringer

Bell Ringer

Skip · Multiplayer · 2016

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

Length
0.3h 3.9h to 100%
Price
Free to play
Reviews
25% of 425 positive

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

Raising the score
ValueFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews25% of 425 reviews, scored as 30%
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Bell Ringer is a fast paced arena PvP brawler with local and online multiplayer. Gather your friends and brace yourselves for some intense brawling! Choose between five unique characters with different weapons, special moves and styles.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 260 / Radeon HD 4000 Series / Intel HD Graphics 4000, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Brawlhalla (free, scores 52) and Burg (free, scores 46) both outscore it.

More about Bell Ringer

HowLongToBeat players log 0.3 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 4, 13 times as much.

The drop-off

7% start to 6% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

I read reviews. I expected cheap as dirt worst game ever. People say like it's the worst game ever. Community tricked me again. It's not. It's just mediocre, you jump around and slash some fantasy monsters (or your friends). And that's it. It doesn't crash, I have 60fps on my 5yo old PC with everything maxed out. It's not downright ugly (UE4 makes everything shiny even if it's not supposed to be shiny), it's not...
that's what she saidRecommendedafter 2.2h76 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
You know guys? I won't lie. I want to believe that game was fun and interesting, at the time he went out to the store and released to the public. Sadly, I haven't got the chance to play at that time, and I don't want to pressure people on the internet if there isn't really a community running about the game. I don't won't to give the game a dislike because of that. I'll recommend it due my little nice experience...
OfekRecommendedafter 2.8hDec 2020Read on Steam
Honestly the game just wasn't fun for me to go through, I went through it to finish the achievements as all the online ones now automatically unlock and after an genuine attempt to play as intended to earn the 1 hour as each character achievements I quickly gave up and found a way to AFK for the hour as each character achievements. Perhaps it was better back when online was around but single player was just not a...
StollesNot recommendedafter 11h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Bell Ringer scores 0/100 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/424830/bell-ringer
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperNight Node Software
PublisherNight Node Software
GenreMultiplayer
Released2016
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements15