Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Worth it · Multiplayer · 2020

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it at $24.99. Typically $14.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

ReviewsA
91% of 60,538
Genre rank
Top 2% Multiplayer
Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.

Price and sales

Sales
25 on record
Typical cut
40% off
Steam low
$12.49 December 2025
Sale every
84d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $11.24 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1,251 now
Recent reviews
90% 30 days
Cheaper than
7% of its genre
Better reviewed
96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

25 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 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 2 percent. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Planet Crafter ($23.99, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats Juno: New Origins ($19.99, scores 75).

More about Stormworks: Build and Rescue

20 of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2025 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 1,392 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $12.49 (50% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 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 90% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach1.5M+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
For context
Refunds20 of 799 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

Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 6000 / GeForce 550 / AMD R7 250 (AMD Radeon HD 7750), 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Stormworks: Build and Rescue scores 78/100 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/573090/stormworks-build-and-rescue
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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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperGeometa
PublisherGeometa
GenreMultiplayer
Released2020
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate