Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Worth it · Shooter · 2007
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $3.99. Typically $1.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.95/hr
- ReviewsA
- 91% of 1,121
- Critics
- 76 players 15 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Shooter
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.2h
- To 100%
- 10.8h 2.6x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 100 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $1.95 June 2015
- Sale every
- 45d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 83% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 85% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 100 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 5 percent. It is cheaper than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Beat Hazard ($9.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Cyberhunt ($4.99, scores 57).
More about Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Critics scored it 76. Players sit 15 points higher at 91 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 330 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 603 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 59 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 4.2 hours. Doing everything runs 11, 2.6 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. 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
Old game from OG xbox...maybe 360, still kicks ass... has strange issues on PC with newer hardware though... sometimes lags like crazy... goes from avg 120fps (vsynced) to 15.... Core mechanic kicks ass though
1 more review
Timeless Masterpiece from the Good O'l 360 Xbox Arcade Days. Very Simple, Chaotic Fun and is Fluid as hell! Deserves a try at least!
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/8400/geometry-wars-retro-evolvedReviews 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 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.