Pavlov
Skip · Shooter · 2024
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Reviews▼
- 89% of 40,533
- Genre rank
- Top 46% Shooter
Holding it back: Refunds, Length unknown
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 68% over the last 30 days against 89% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.
Price and sales
- Sales
- 44 on record
- Typical cut
- 40% off
- Steam low
- $4.99 February 2022
- Sale every
- 70d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 58 now
- Recent reviews
- 68% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 13% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 79% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 44 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 46 percent. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dead Effect 2 VR ($24.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Arizona Sunshine® VR Legacy ($14.99, scores 44).
More about Pavlov
Players rate it 89 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 68 percent. Something recent has soured the room. 35 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2025 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,424 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 53 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 6 of the 35 refunded reviewers were past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 2,903 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
About the game
Pavlov is a multiplayer shooter in VR with heavy focus on community features. Realistic reloading features and fast paced combat as part of the core experience. Play the #1 most popular VR shooter on PC today.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 1070, 60 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Pavlov scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/555160/pavlovReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.