AFTERBURN
Fair · Shooter · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.1h 5.5h to 100%
- Value
- $9.08/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 330 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.52 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Your daily dose of air combat. Super easy to pick up, minimum requirements and vibrant visuals. Setup your aircraft and jump into action!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 63 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 31 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 67 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sky Rogue ($19.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD ($7.99, scores 36).
More about AFTERBURN
Of the 231 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 127 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 40 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 1.1 hours; clearing it takes 6, which is 5.0 times the campaign.
At 1.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
91% start to 10% 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
This was my review for Furious Angels , previous game by MorfeoDev. --- An Absolute Gem… Just Not for Everyone And now you died. I don't like hard games anymore. 40+ years of "hard difficulty" have been enough. These days I want slow. I want calm and deep. And then there are Furious Angels - a game where you can die in seconds. And you will. The movement never stops, enemies never stop, everything explodes… and now...
2 more reviews
Pure, simple fun that doesn't require a powerful PC to enjoy. Highly recommended.
This is not a "more" arcade ace combat, it's a fun if simple fast paced flying shooter. It could be a little more polish on the UI or depth or a soundtrack perhaps but still very fun. it has a floaty combat, like your plane drifting to the side, its not bad, but it took me by surprise, like its not a plane but an helicopter Its great to the combat but again, this isn't a traditional plane dogfight game, its an...
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Cite this score
AFTERBURN scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/608120/afterburnReviews 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.