Pixel Ripped 1989
Skip · Action · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$14.99Skip
On its price record
$12.30Fair
- Length
- 2.8h 7.5h to 100%
- Value
- $5.35/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 202 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.30 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 12 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Pixel Ripped 1989 is a wacky multi-dimensional homage to the early days of gaming. The player embarks on a journey into the screen of a classic videogame and beyond.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, AMD Radeon R9 270 equivalent or better, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
49 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 16 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. UnMetal ($19.99, scores 73) and Vertigo 2 ($29.99, scores 70) both outscore it.
More about Pixel Ripped 1989
The main story runs 2.8 hours. Doing everything runs 8, 2.7 times as long.
The drop-off
91% start to <1% 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
What players say
Played with Oculus Quest 2 + Virtual Desktop + Xbox One S Controller. Worked with no issues. This is the first game in the Pixel Ripped series. If you wan to play them all, you need to play this one before Pixel Ripped 1995. I played it with my xbox controller rather than the quest controllers
1 more review
Wow, what a unique experience! This is by no means a realistic game, its more, its a vivid dream that made me relive so many feelings i had as a kid about video games. What a great example of immersion. Thanks to the developers and creators of this game. If i had read about the concept i wouldnt have expected it would make a fun game. When i saw the graphics of the class room in the trailer they didnt look like...
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Cite this score
Pixel Ripped 1989 scores 48/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/577530/pixel-ripped-1989Reviews 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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.