COMPOUND
BANGER · Roguelike · 2022
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $19.99.
- Length
- 3h
- Value
- $6.66/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 980 or equivalent, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!
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
May 2018 is where it bottomed out, at $19.99. In 8 years of price history it has never once been discounted.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including STRAFE: Gold Edition ($14.99, scores 30) and Vampire Hunters ($4.49, scores 68).
This site sampled 346 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 660 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 32 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
63% 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
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 20:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
With the Frame finally out and jumping back into VR, still one of my favorite VR gaming experiences out there even years later. Just a fun rogue-lite experience with tight controls and fun gameplay, and never get tired of sessions with this game. Worked with barely any headache streaming to the Frame. Hope to see more from this dev again sometime!
This is a very strong VR title. Possibly one of my favorites to date. Excellent soundtrack, fun gameplay. I expected to be a bit disappointed by the aesthetic and the simpler weapon interactions but it was actually exactly what was needed to fit with the eerie campaign and world. And in the end the weapon reloading difficulty lives in the perfect sweet spot of Fun VR Interaction without being convoluted. The...
Absolutely recommended solid and smooth VR shooter. The art style looks great and the combat is fun and challenging. Ironic Sci-Fi B-move feel, great graphics, effects, sound and polish, great controls on different VR systems, you will find nothing of typical VR low quality clunkiness with this title. I am a picky and experienced VR player, I started hundreds of VR games and get discouraged of the quality but I...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
COMPOUND scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/615120/compoundReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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