Wildfire

Wildfire

Skip · Short indie · 2020

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Under the fair line today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$14.99Skip

Typical seasonal cut

$4.4970% offFair

Cost per hour▼
$2.20/hr
Reviews▼
82% of 952
Critics
79 players 3 higher
Genre rank
Top 17% Short indie

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.49 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
6.8h
To 100%
20.6h 3.0x the story
Achievements
60

Price and sales

Sales
42 on record
Typical cut
60% off
Steam low
$4.49 December 2024
Sale every
46d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $3.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
3% of its genre
Better reviewed
84% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

70% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 19:53 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

The value story

The value story

Across all 42 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shadows of Doubt ($24.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Weird West: Definitive Edition ($39.99, scores 42).

More about Wildfire

4 of the 373 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to September 2026.

6.8 hours to finish it, 21 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.0 times the campaign.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 6.8 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.20/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds4 of 373 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

What players say

I played this game local co-op with a friend of mine using my Steam deck. In this game, you play as a villager who, after touch a meteorite outside of your home village, gains magical powers. Unfortunately, an army of zealous knights invade your home, capture all your villagers and pet (I assume) bobcat, and attempt to kill you. You then proceed to go through various levels where the goal is to use your witchcraft...
EonsNearbyRecommendedafter 9.9hJun 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Fine at start, but somewhere after mountains its become too easy with overpowered hero. Water freezing can turn any number of guards into sleeping piles. Then can lift up that heavy knights to throw and knock out some more guards... Whats need is glibal alarm system, when people is warning others, mchange behavior, lock doors, waking beasts... Also, I did hope for more using of that great underground lava demon and...
KastukRecommendedafter 21hDec 2025Read on Steam
Get 'Mark of the Ninja' or 'Katana Zero' for a superior version of this style of gameplay.
StikFigureNot recommendedafter 1.8hMar 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Master the elements in this stealth game where everything burns. Use your elemental powers to start fires, freeze water, and move earth as you outsmart superstitious enemies in this mischievous 2D stealth game.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DX10 Adapter with 512 MB VRAM, 307 MB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Wildfire scores 48/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/431940/wildfire
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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 Oct 20, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+3
Critics79
Players82
Metacritic critics · 952 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperSneaky Bastards
PublisherBalor Games
GenreShort indie
Released2020
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements60