CODE VEIN
Fair · RPG · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$59.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$8.9985% offFair
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.26/hr
- Reviews▼
- 83% of 62,885
- Critics
- 72 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 18% RPG
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Recent reviews trending down: 61% over the last 30 days against 83% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 26.6h
- To 100%
- 63h 2.4x the story
- Finish
- 15% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 43
Price and sales
- Sales
- 60 on record
- Typical cut
- 85% off
- Steam low
- $5.99 September 2025
- Sale every
- 38d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 148 now
- Recent reviews
- 61% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 83% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
85% start to 15% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
60 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 85 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 18 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Monster Hunter: World ($29.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty ($39.99, scores 0).
More about CODE VEIN
Critics scored it 72. Players sit 11 points higher at 83 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 15 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 26.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Players rate it 83 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 61 percent. Something recent has soured the room. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 13 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 1,963 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 26.6 hours. Doing everything runs 63, 2.4 times as long.
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
This is a neutral review. This is my first-ever souls-like game. I'm a total newbie, so if you've never played games in this genre, don't worry. Your AI companion will help you with bosses and mobs. If you're a veteran of the genre, the game still offers a solid challenge - just ditch your partner and play solo. Mobs won't pose much of a threat (they weren't hard even for me), but the bosses... well, you do you...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
low pressure soul-like game, overall enjoyable. However white castle part make me sick
I am six years behind on this one, but here it is. Do not buy it. It is 100% just tryhard garbage anti player gameplay Pros -Character design is nice and all characters are likable Probably the strongest thing this game has going for it. I genuinely like the characters. - World is generally pretty. -No game ending bugs -Upgrade materials drop pretty often, so you can try out different weapons/armors pretty much...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7850, 35 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
CODE VEIN scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/678960/code-veinReviews 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.