Super Bit Blaster XL
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $0.89.
- Length
- 2.6h 3.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.34/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 885 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 70% off today.
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
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512MB +, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
69 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 83 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.89 at 70 percent off still sits 89 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Bit Blaster XL ($0.59, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats Beat Hazard 2 ($5.69, scores 62).
More about Super Bit Blaster XL
None of the 344 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 433 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 56 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 2.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
61% start to 10% 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
Its a pretty cool little table top shooter. What you see in the Store is what you get. Not really super hard; is colorful and chaotic. A nice meditation, with no real highs or lows. Grind your way forward to unlocking new spaceships, eventually getting the last most powerful ship to finish off all the achievements. An easy one for achievement hunters, no stress at all.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Super Bit Blaster XL, developed and published by Adamvision Studios, is a sharp, focused arcade shooter that understands exactly what makes the genre compelling and wastes no time getting there. It doesn't rely on elaborate storytelling or layered progression systems-instead, it builds its identity around immediacy, precision, and the addictive pull of chasing a higher score. From the first few seconds, it becomes...
I think it's way past time for me to give up on this game. It does have potential, and I do love it to a point. I like the format and the game play, BUT, it's just too hard. I've tried really hard to improve my skills, and I FINALLY defeated the rotating monster thing ONCE....FINALLY, but died right after that. I just don't think the game is programmed to give players enough of a chance to keep going, or defeat the...
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Cite this score
Super Bit Blaster XL scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/865040/super-bit-blaster-xlReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.