Nefarious
Fair · Action · 2017
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.9h 7.4h to 100%
- Value
- $3.84/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 416 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.72 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 days ago.
- 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
Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10 compatible video card, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 15 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 19 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, CARRION ($19.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Super Bernie World (free, scores 52).
More about Nefarious
67 from critics against 85 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 38 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
95% start to 38% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 10, 18:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This is a hidden jem. I don't even remember a game that struck me quite like it, the writting, characters and world building are all phenomenal with only the gameplay being the weakest aspect and don't get me wrong its not a bad game in that regard its just that even though i rarely play side scroller platformers i can tell its generic in that way and it does break the staleness of it with some of those levels, but...
2 more reviews
honestly i hate how i die so much because of all the insta kills like can you just make it so i lose a heart and jump up high when i touch electric floors or lava cause it sucks to die that much and feels unfair wouldve been an a tier game but relegated to b tier instead due to all insta kills and all the occasinal blind jumps
it's a solid game, the ending's a bit of a mess but I'd still recommend it, soundtrack's great, the references and the game itself is funny. Plus being able to play as the villain is the selling point. 8/10 for me.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Nefarious scores 53/100 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/448290/nefariousReviews 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.