OneShift

OneShift

Skip · Action · 2018

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 42, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Length
3.2h
Value
$1.56/hr
Reviews
75% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
3.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
5.6h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.56
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$4.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
75%
1,128 reviews, as of Sep 27
Players
35K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2018

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 / AMD R7 240, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!
Description from the Steam store page.

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$1.56/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews75% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length3.2 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach35K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 73 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

The value story

January 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $0.49. 83 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 86 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.

Value puts it in the top 23 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 62 percent of its genre. On the same math AtmaSphere ($3.99, scores 57) and Type:Rider ($4.99, scores 56) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

The drop-off

85% start to 9% 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

3 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 23:50 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Shift the World, Master the Puzzle: OneShift OneShift takes the classic precision platformer setup and flips it on its head by introducing a clever, dimension-shifting mechanic. Rather than relying solely on pixel-perfect jumps, the game forces you to constantly alter the state of the level around you. Switching between active block sets turns straightforward platforming routes into intricate spatial puzzles. The...
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Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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OneShift scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/862740/oneshift
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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 27, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMazen Games
PublisherGrabTheGames
GenreAction
Released2018
Achievements126