Hungry Flame

Hungry Flame

Skip · Action · 2017

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 25, under the fair line, at $1.49.

Length
2.1h 2.8h to 100%
Value
$0.71/hr
Reviews
69% of 318 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Full price

Skip$29.99

Today

−95%Skip
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

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

Raising the score
Value$0.71/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set That is today's sale price. Normally $14.28/hr
Engagement3% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews69% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 73 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

Hungry flame is an action packed, vibrant game. The main goal is saving yourself from the flame that is chasing you.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB or higher, 451 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

69 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $1.49 at 95 percent off still sits 204 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.

It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 77 percent. On the same math Cube Runner ($1.99, scores 62) and Slash It ($1.99, scores 67) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about Hungry Flame

Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 2.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

8% start to 3% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

What players say

Hungry Flame boils down to one addictive loop: Run. Dodge. Destroy. Survive. The flame chases you mercilessly, forcing constant motion in beautifully colorful levels packed with spikes, lasers, moving platforms, and enemy hordes. You're armed with agile jumps, double-jumps, wall-runs, and powerful shots to clear the way - use the environment like collapsing bridges or explosive barrels to your advantage. It's a...
RimiRecommendedafter 2.1hJan 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
A good game to test your reaction, in which you have to react quickly and dodge upcoming obstacles, because another one is constantly catching up from behind and you won't be able to dodge it
c3_h7Recommendedafter 13hMar 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Hungry Flame scores 25/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/586970/hungry-flame
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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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperEGAMER
PublisherSA Industry
GenreAction
Released2017
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements96