Wheels of Aurelia

Wheels of Aurelia

Skip · Narrative · 2016

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 3, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
0.5h 5.5h to 100%
Value
$29.98/hr
Reviews
49% of 203 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

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 12 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

Raising the score
Replayability~3h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 0.5h main story
Engagement40% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$29.98/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews49% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 53% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 52 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

A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512MB graphics card, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

102 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 85 percent off across all of them, roughly 4 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.

It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Little Misfortune ($19.99, scores 59) and Heaven's Vault ($24.99, scores 58) both outscore it.

More about Wheels of Aurelia

Critics scored it 63, but players land 14 points lower at 49 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.

Steam's global achievement data puts 40 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.

0.5 hours to finish it, 6 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 11 times the campaign.

The drop-off

40% start to 40% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

Wheels of Aurelia, developed and published by Santa Ragione, is a narrative-driven road trip game that merges minimalist driving mechanics with a branching dialogue system to tell an intimate story set in late 1970s Italy. At its heart, it is less about racing or competition and more about the conversations, atmosphere, and cultural reflections that unfold along the journey. You play as Lella, a sharp-minded and...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 10hOct 2025Read on Steam
1 more review
Wheels of Aurelia is a great adventure game where you control the car and choose to go where you want. The 70's ambiant is very good and the graphics are beautiful and original. I recommend it!!! 💗💗💗
Lucky Luce 🎃Recommendedafter 10hDec 2024Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Wheels of Aurelia scores 3/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/508740/wheels-of-aurelia
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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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-14
Critics63
Players49
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 203 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSanta Ragione
PublisherSanta Ragione
GenreNarrative
Released2016
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements24