World to the West

World to the West

Skip · RPG · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 44, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
11.1h
Value
$1.35/hr
Reviews
77% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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Length
11.1h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
18.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.35
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$14.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
77%
400 reviews, as of Sep 29
Metacritic
75
critic score
Players
10K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2017

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4400, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.
Description from the Steam store page.

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
Engagement5% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Value$1.35/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews77% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 76% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Length11 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach10K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
Refunds1 of 53 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

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $2.99. That was October 2019. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 43 in the 9 years tracked, about 11 weeks apart.

Value puts it in the top 26 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Anodyne ($14.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Seven: Enhanced Edition ($29.99, scores 37).

Steam's global achievement data puts about 5 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 11.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

11% start to 5% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On an 11.1-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements

Cite this score

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World to the West scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/530020/world-to-the-west
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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 1.

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Critics vs players+2
Critics
75
Players
77
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 400 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperRain Games
PublisherRain Games
GenreRPG
Released2017
Achievements36