Maneater
Skip · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Under the fair line today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$39.99Skip
Typical seasonal cut
$7.9980% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $4.94/hr
- Reviews▼
- 87% of 27,264
- Critics
- 70 players 17 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 25% RPG
Holding it back: Cost per hour, DRM
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.1h
- To 100%
- 13h 1.6x the story
- Achievements
- 44
Price and sales
- Sales
- 53 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 December 2025
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 161 now
- Recent reviews
- 85% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 90% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
92% start to 9% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 53 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 25 percent. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, God of War ($49.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Pine ($24.99, scores 34).
More about Maneater
Critics scored it 70. Players sit 17 points higher at 87 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 499 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2026 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 1,337 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.1 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
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 was alright, keeps crashing every few hours, but it's alright. Looking forward to the Maneater 2.
2 more reviews
Very fun game and a short game too. One problem, the narrator gets annoying in the end game
Maneater feels a lot like a 3D version of Hungry Shark Evolution and that similarity is probably a big part of what makes this game so fun. The gameplay is straightforward and relatively fun although it does become repetitive after a while. Still, there is a certain satisfaction in simply roaming the ocean and watching your shark grow from a small predator into an absurdly powerful creature. It works best when...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Intel HD 5500, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Maneater scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/629820/maneaterReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.