Zup! 5
BANGER · Short indie · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $1.99.
- Length
- 0.9h
- Value
- $2.21/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, Intel HD Graphics. Windows only.
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
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
The lowest price on record is $0.55, set in December 2024. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 13 in the 3 years tracked, about 12 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Zup! 2 ($1.99, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats Zup! Zero 2 ($1.99, scores 79).
Of the 371 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 1,826 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 64 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 0.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
66% start to 49% 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 game allows for cortisol free gaming experience. This game does not have e-sports potential.
I just bought the game for the achievements, like most people probably did, but I actually had fun doing the levels in the process. I will continue playing even though I got all the letters I needed. Worth the money. Have fun and be creative with the achievements!
This one is the best one between Zup games until now. I love the developers added some portal mechanics in this game. It was total fun!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Zup! 5 scores 85/100 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/645090/zup-5Reviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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