Bighead Runner
Skip · Narrative · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $0.49.
- Length
- 0.3h 0.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.63/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 202 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
Bighead Runner is an arcade endless runner that challenges you to collect coins and conquer the leaderboards! Dash, jump, and slide through procedurally generated stages, striving to beat your best score and unlock awesome skins.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Compatible with DirectX 9, 51 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
81 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 51 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.49 at 90 percent off still sits 75 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 45 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 62 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Cyberhunt ($0.49, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga ($0.69, scores 33).
More about Bighead Runner
Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 130 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 81 percent of everything written about it.
0.3 hours to finish it, 1 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.7 times the campaign.
The drop-off
91% start to 53% 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
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 2, 16:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I found great pleasure in playing this running game, which involves collecting coins to unlock various skins and characters. Additionally, there are achievements to be earned, and certain skins offer unique gameplay features such as the ability to perform a double jump. Not only does this game provide enjoyment, but it also grants a generous number of easily attainable achievements. Moreover, it is incredibly...
1 more review, not recommended
3.0/10 A terribly sloppy parkour mini-game that fails to deliver even basic entertainment value for killing time. Level design is monotonous and tedious, offering zero novelty-you'll grow bored after just a few minutes. Controls grant players minimal maneuverability, while many traps and obstacles are absurdly designed: they're entirely random and overly reliant on luck. More often than not, player deaths aren't due...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Bighead Runner scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/863490/bighead-runnerReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 20. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.