Aggelos

Aggelos

Skip · RPG · 2018

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 40, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
8.2h 9.3h to 100%
Value
$1.83/hr
Reviews
77% of 707 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Holding it back
Value$1.83/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews77% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 412 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 57 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 32 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Castle In The Darkness ($9.99, scores 43) beats it on value, while it beats Chasm ($19.99, scores 35).

More about Aggelos

This site sampled 412 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026.

The drop-off

78% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

Players

Players online
8 when we last checked, on Sep 26, 20:53 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Aggelos was fun. But man, I wasn't expecting this game to be this hard! Maybe because I haven't played any of the Wonderboy games (except Adventure Island for NES, a game I never completed as a child) which is what this game is inspired by. When I saw it's gameplay on YouTube, I expected a short, breezy Metroidvania. Boy, was I wrong. The game starts pretty simple, but gets much harder after each boss. After the...
gibinneelathRecommendedafter 12hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I'm baffled at the other reviews... this game was a blast to play, i loved every minute of it The gameplay of course can be seen as dated for some people because its trying to somewhat mimic the games of NES era while still keeping modern platforming conventions. However, i felt them to be pretty smooth for the most part much better than those retro games were back then. Its a fun story with a handful of dungeons...
Agabz_Recommendedafter 17hJul 2026Read on Steam
Setting the controls to the D-pad messes up the button inputs, and there are occasional framerate drops. Worst Runbacks . Since the map isn't detailed, you almost have to memorize each layout on your own.
MigiNot recommendedafter 3.0h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Aggelos scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/717310/aggelos
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Reviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+1
Critics76
Players77
Metacritic critics · 707 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperStorybird Games
PublisherPQube
GenreRPG
Released2018
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements28