Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Skip · Shooter · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 0.5h
- Value
- $9.98/hr
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Compatible with DirectX 9, 154 MB of storage. Windows only.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.28. That was November 2022. 88 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 51 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 46 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Cyberhunt ($4.99, scores 57) outscores it, and so does Distant Space ($0.99, scores 58). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Of the 644 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 868 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.
0.5 hours to finish it, 3 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 5.8 times the campaign.
At 0.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
6% start to 2% rarestNo 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
Players
96 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 14:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Planes, bullets and vodka. The title already tells you everything you need to know. Fast, chaotic and surprisingly addictive arcade fun with a great soundtrack.
I thought Planes, Bullets and Vodka was going to be another cheap little arcade shooter where you fly around, shoot things, and eventually get bored. I was wrong. The graphics are simple. The gameplay is simple. The title pretty much tells you exactly what you're getting. Planes. Bullets. Vodka. And somehow, that's enough. There's something incredibly satisfying about flying around while everything on the screen is...
This is a painfully average arcade shooter that relies entirely on a catchy title to grab your attention. While the retro vertical action works fine for a quick five-minute distraction, it lacks variety in weapons, enemies, and stages. You will see everything the game has to offer within twenty minutes, and then wonder why you bothered.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Planes, Bullets and Vodka scores 46/100 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/562360/planes-bullets-and-vodkaReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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