NORTH
Skip · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 14, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 1h 1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.99/hr
- Reviews
- 63% of 449 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Dealing with the issue of the contemporary refugee crisis while at the same time being deeply rooted in a classical cyberpunk atmosphere à la Blade Runner, NORTH features a dark synthpop soundtrack, a sprawling mega-city and weird monster-like inhabitants.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512MB Dedicated Memory, 1.1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
111 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 86 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 93 percent. On the same math Cradle ($12.99, scores 25) and The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day ($9.99, scores 38) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about NORTH
Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 137 reviews written there were positive, against 63 percent overall, and those are 83 percent of everything written about it.
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 18, 02:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
NORTH is a very loud exploration game where you must brave unknown territory as a refugee coming from the south. Far from home, you find yourself in a new land that threatens the little control you already had. In NORTH, you are the outsider wandering through an "outsider" world. Is it good, bad, or neither? It's hard to tell, but the thought of forced bureaucracy sends a chill down your spine regardless.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
NORTH scores 14/100 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/461890/northReviews 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.