Plain Sight

Plain Sight

Skip · Multiplayer · 2010

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

Length
1h
Price
Free to play
Reviews
67% of 296 positive

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

Raising the score
ValueFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews67% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 68% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Plain Sight is a multiplayer arcade game about suicidal ninja robots. Fly through space, leap over planetoids and destroy opponents with your trusty katana. Killing fellow robots lets you steal their tasty, tasty energy. Packed with spinach-like goodness; energy makes you bigger, stronger, faster and generally more awesome.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Shader model 2 supported graphics card, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 71 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Gear Up (free, scores 40) beats it on value, while it beats The Sandbox Evolution - Craft a 2D Pixel Universe! (free, scores 0).

More about Plain Sight

Critics scored it 76, but players land 9 points lower at 67 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.

The drop-off

44% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

This game is awesome and super fun. Sadly there is no multiplayer crowd left. So unless you are planning to have a super fun lan party then don't buy this game.
BruneRecommendedafter 24h59 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
OMG, after years the master-server is back up !!! This was, when i remember correctly, the first game i bought (as a 4-pack) on steam after being forced to install and use steam because of Half Life 2. And it was a blast. It takes a while to get behind this silly looking little thing and to understand the (3 times changes) mechanics. It looks sooo simple but theres a lot more to it then just running around and...
LoderunnerRecommendedafter 276h15 found this helpfulRead on Steam
★★☆☆☆ Okay! Action Plain Sight is all about robot ninjas that leap through space, killing each other with katanas. Then they kill themselves. For each kill, the player earns some energy. This energy can be converted into points by detonating the robot in a glorious, self-inflicted explosion. It's fun for a first few minutes, but after playing for a few hours I found myself bored and not particularly compelled to go...
Solid GamerNot recommendedafter 11hOct 2023Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Plain Sight scores 20/100 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/49900/plain-sight
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-9
Critics76
Players67
Metacritic critics · 296 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBeatnik Games
PublisherBeatnik Games
GenreMultiplayer
Released2010
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements24