Steel Rats™
Skip · Action · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 2, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 5.9h
- Value
- $1.69/hr
- Reviews
- 56% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GT 630 / Radeon HD 7570, 6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Wreck and ride in a visceral and ground-breaking evolution of the 2.5D action arcade genre, fusing destructive, octane-fuelled, motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, set in a visually stylised retro future world. Switch between four unique characters as you wreak havoc!
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.99. That was December 2021. Its cuts run 90 percent off as a rule. There have been 69 in the 8 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 72 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 97 percent. Polyball ($3.99, scores 26) outscores it, and so does Marble It Up! Ultra ($29.99, scores 71). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 7 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5.9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 152 reviews written there were positive, against 56 percent overall, and those are 49 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 5.9 hours; clearing it takes 24, which is 4.1 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
38% start to 7% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 5.9-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
What players say
Good game concept. Bad execution. Depth perception is the worst nightmare in this game, it is never clear and it is extremely important for this game. Controls are not tight. It has some imaginary lanes that sometimes you are in the correct lane, sometimes not, you move up, sometimes the character goes up sometimes it decides to remain in the lower lane etc. There are interrupting cutscenes frequently. Interrupting...
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Cite this score
Steel Rats™ scores 2/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/619700/steel-ratsReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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