Risky Rescue
Skip · Multiplayer · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 42, under the fair line, at $0.49.
- Length
- 1.1h 5.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.45/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 417 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
It is 51% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
Risky Rescue is a demanding arcade game with flat design graphics and innovative controls. Fly a helicopter and do dangerous missions rescuing people.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: DirectX compatible graphics. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
December 2022 is where it bottomed out, at $0.48. Across all 96 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 51 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.49 at 51 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 26 percent on value. It is cheaper than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. On the same math Timberman ($0.49, scores 89) and Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 ($24.99, scores 43) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Risky Rescue
Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 106 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 45 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 1.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 6, 5.1 times as much.
The drop-off
7% start to 4% 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
✅ RUS / ENG ✅ РЕДКО РИСКУЕМ, НО РИСУЕМ РИС Если подойти к этой игре без завышенных ожиданий, она вполне может стать приятным способом скоротать время. Игра представляет собой простую аркаду, где вам предстоит управлять вертолетом и эвакуировать людей в двумерном пространстве. Суть геймплея - быстрые реакции и стратегическое планирование, кому и в какой последовательности помогать. Несмотря на кажущуюся простоту...
1 more review, not recommended
Not the best really. Controls are frustrating and overall plays like a flappy bird.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Risky Rescue scores 42/100 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/439910/risky-rescueReviews 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, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.