Octogeddon

Octogeddon

Worth it · Roguelike · 2018

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 6 of 8 sales

Worth it at $8.88. Typically $4.44 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hour
$1.04/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 1,376
Critics
82 players 11 higher
Genre rank
Top 10% Roguelike

Holding it back: Reach

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Typical playtime
8.5h
Finish
17% reach the ending
Achievements
10

Price and sales

Sales
36 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$3.19 October 2023
Sale every
46d last May 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $3.19 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
14 now
Cheaper than
67% of its genre
Better reviewed
90% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

17% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 36 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 24 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 10 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Nova Drift ($8.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Apocalypse Party ($9.99, scores 35).

More about Octogeddon

The press gave it 82; the people who bought it give it 93 percent. An 11-point gap in the buyer's favour.

1 of the 366 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 106 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.5 hours it is short enough to finish on one.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 167 days ago.

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

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 92% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 366 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

Octogeddon is a very fun game. Albeit simple, only having you move left and right it has a fair bit of skill and strategy with dodging, how you target enemies, and what arms you pick. Throughout the game you will unlock various arms either by progression or purchasing with shells after a win or loss. It can be a bit grindy at times but it is pretty replayable. On your second time on a level the enemies you will be...
Danger Guy MRecommendedafter 31h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
1 more review
Its just a really fun little game! I love playing it... I love watching my kids play it too. :D
The DADDIEST HelldiverRecommendedafter 18hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1 GB RAM, 696 MB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Octogeddon scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/525620/octogeddon
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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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+11
Critics82
Players93
Metacritic critics · 1,376 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperAll Yes Good
PublisherAll Yes Good
GenreRoguelike
Released2018
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements10