HackyZack

HackyZack

Skip · Action · 2017

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 17, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Length
3.3h 5.7h to 100%
Value
$3.03/hr
Reviews
67% of 258 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2659 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

Holding it back
Value$3.03/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews67% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 3 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

About the game

You are Zack. Juggle balls with unique properties through platforming puzzles to a goal at the end of each stage. Help Zack fill his treasured book of stickers to unlock optional challenge levels, where you race against the timer to destroy targets as fast as possible.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512 MB VRAM, 51 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 10 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 380 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 82 percent. UFO 50 ($24.99, scores 82) outscores it, and so does One Gun Guy ($0.79, scores 23). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about HackyZack

At 3.3 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

10% start to 3% 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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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HackyZack scores 17/100 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/508530/hackyzack
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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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSpaceboy Games
PublisherSpaceboy Games
GenreAction
Released2017
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements27