Phoenix Point
Skip · Shooter · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 35.3h 145.7h to 100%
- Value
- $0.71/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 7,205 positive
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
About the game
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 / AMD Radeon R9 270x, 30 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 35 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, ZEPHON ($39.99, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats Shadow Empire ($39.99, scores 34).
More about Phoenix Point
2 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 47 percent of the 291 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 35.3 hours; clearing it takes 146, which is 4.1 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
The drop-off
75% start to <1% 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
XCOM but with all the illogic of 'Aliens cheat reality constantly' removed. Plus when you aim at something, you can get a free sight picture and see why the hit chances suck. And target limbs! Really, the only issue this game is how unheard of it is. IMHO it's far superior to XCOM in general.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The bad: It's not the most polished or balanced game. Some elements made me furious with how imbalanced they were, the maps were clearly designed without all the units in mind, and it's not always clear what you need to do to accomplish certain quest chains, which can lead to some frustration. Finally, the density of haven assaults in the end game are so frequent that you might have to fight several battles in the...
Kyratzes, you goddamn menshevik! I only got this game for two reasons: 1. As a less consolized version of Firaxis' produce. Got that. Is good. 2. Communist propaganda. Supposedly to have been delivered by that Hellene in your bathroom mirror. Where's the propaganda, Lebowski?! I need the propaganda, Lebowski! What? What was that?! No! The vague mission-unrelated 'those systems are flawed' subsubsubplot is not...
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Cite this score
Phoenix Point scores 37/100 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/839770/phoenix-pointReviews 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.