Calcu-Late

Calcu-Late

Skip · RPG · 2016

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 6, under the fair line, at $1.99.

Cost per hour▼
$1.99/hr
Reviews▼
58% of 378
Genre rank
Top 93% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
1h
To 100%
1.2h 1.2x the story

Price and sales

Sales
75 on record
Typical cut
51% off
Steam low
$0.49 May 2016
Sale every
45d last November 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
88% of its genre
Better reviewed
6% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Across all 75 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 51 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.

It is cheaper than 88 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 95 percent. - Arcane Raise - ($0.99, scores 7) outscores it, and so does 再刷一把 PlayAgain ($8.99, scores 15). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 3 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

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$1.99/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. Scored as 60% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 44 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

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ايان ( ayanokoji )Recommendedafter 4.5hJun 2024Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
ZubumafuRecommendedafter 3.3hJan 2024Read on Steam
A Short Puzzle RPGMaker Game What this game is: A short puzzle game made with RPGMaker, that contrary to the description is not much of an adventure game. How does it work? You are a highschool student discovering there is a math exam on the morrow. Panic ensues, but the Goddess of Math offers her help for a deserving student. You accept gratefully her help, not knowing what her agenda really is, and end up in the...
yukioroNot recommendedafter 2.0hJul 2025Read on Steam

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

About the game

Calcu-Late is a story about a boy named James that needs to participate in a godly Olympics tournament as a representative for the goddess of mathematics, Seshat. The tournament will grant the participant a wish that they stated before the tournament starts.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, DirectX 9.0 Compatible, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Calcu-Late scores 6/100 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/449200/calcu-late
Embed the live badge

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 Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBlazing Fanfish
PublisherBack To Basics Gaming
GenreRPG
Released2016
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate