Beat Saber
BANGER · Short indie · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $19.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.08/hr
- ReviewsS
- 95% of 76,454
- Critics
- 93 players 2 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Short indie
Recent reviews trending down: 86% over the last 30 days against 95% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6.5h
- To 100%
- 56h 8.6x the story
- Finish
- 3% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 26
Price and sales
- Sales
- 1 on record
- Typical cut
- 25% off
- Steam low
- $14.99 September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 516 now
- Recent reviews
- 86% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
81% start to 3% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has gone on sale once in the 9 years tracked here, most recently in September 2026. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 6 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 1 percent. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games closest to it, Synth Riders ($24.99, scores 54) and Thumper ($19.99, scores 65) both come in lower.
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $50.14.
More about Beat Saber
Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 6.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Players rate it 95 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 86 percent. Something recent has soured the room. 21 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 89 percent of the 3,987 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 6.5 hours. Doing everything runs 56, 8.6 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 40 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
it's 2026 and this is still the best and only worthwhile game on VR. If you have a VR headset you are obligated to buy and play this game.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
if you have any form of light based seizures i don't recommend this game. if you have a VR and the ability to exercise to some degree then I highly recommend this game. its a kinetic game like just dance but with swords. Getting custom songs is easy once you figure out how.
No. Game is heavily monetized requiring about $1.99 per song "add-on/DLC" pack. If you want to add your own songs or custom levels, you are required to use BSIPA or some other 3rd party tool to actually put them in the game itself. In addition, the customization options are very sparse without mods, and the game is extremely barebones aside from being able to customize your own avatar. Level designers can create...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Slash the beats, get moving, and experience the world's most popular VR rhythm game!* Duck, dodge, and flow through 300+ handcrafted songs from artists like Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, and Metallica. Play solo, compete online, or pass the headset at your next party. Jump in with 60+ songs included!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Beat Saber scores 95/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/620980/beat-saberReviews 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 Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.