Dude Simulator 2
Skip · Shooter · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 2, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 0.5h
- Value
- $9.98/hr
- Reviews
- 57% of 2,019 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
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About the game
Dude Simulator 2 is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 550, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 63 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 86 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 80 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 91 percent. On the same math Dude Simulator 3 ($0.79, scores 23) and Dude Simulator ($4.99, scores 6) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Dude Simulator 2
20 of the 754 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,422 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 152 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 1,330 reviews written there were positive, against 57 percent overall, and those are 76 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
Dude Simulator is one of those rare singleplayer games that doesn't just captivate-it charms and surprises at every turn. For anyone seeking a GTA-like urban playground without the hefty price tag, this title on Steam is an absolute treasure. I've come to regard it not just as a game, but as an indispensable part of my virtual family, and here's why. First and foremost, the charm of Dude Simulator lies in its...
2 more reviews
I played this game for a few hours after I bought it and I didn't enjoy my time. After coming back to it a few months later I rediscovered a hidden gem in my library and I can confidently say that Dude Simulator 2 has earned it's place as the best game I've ever personally played. The game play in Dude Simulator 2 is unlike anything that I've ever played. You can feel like the most powerful creature in the game...
Dude Simulator 2, developed and published by Kiddy, is a chaotic and deliberately absurd open-world sandbox that throws realism out the window in favor of unfiltered freedom and unpredictable hilarity. Built with minimal structure and basic graphics, the game is less about polish and more about player-driven experimentation. At its core, it's an interactive playground with no particular goal except the ones you...
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Cite this score
Dude Simulator 2 scores 2/100 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/825310/dude-simulator-2Reviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.