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88BANG SCORE
Descenders
BANGER · Shooter · 2019
A lot of game for the money: about 5h, $6.24 (~$1.25/hr), 94% positive.
The verdict
−75%SALE BANGER88 is the sale score. Normally
62
at full price.Already a BANGER at $6.24.
Buy it. The price is already a steal.
$1.25/hr over the 5h main story, $0.09/hr if you 100% it (70.2h).
Better value than 96% of Shooter games
Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?
Length
5h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
70.2h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.25/h
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$6.24
Reviews
94%
23,191 reviews
Metacritic
78
critic score
Players
750K
owners (estimate)
Released
2019
What drives the score
Value$1.25/hr
Price per hour of game, the biggest driver
Length5 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reviews94% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a BANGER
Reach750K+ players
How many own it, a popularity + confidence signal
Engagement10% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Monetization✓ None
No microtransactions, nothing drags the score down
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Critics vs players+16
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 23,191 Steam player reviews
The drop-off
70% start to 10% finish10% of players see it through, a normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
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DeveloperRageSquid
PublisherNo More Robots
GenreShooter
Achievements42
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