The Eternal Cylinder
Fair · Action · 2022
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 12.2h
- Value
- $2.05/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 770, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
Control a herd of charming creatures called Trebhum and explore an unforgettable alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments. Discover dozens of mutations to overcome puzzles, explore new biomes, and survive on a dangerous planet.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
June 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $7.49. 23 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 65 percent off, roughly 9 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Islets ($19.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Kona ($14.99, scores 49).
79 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
This site sampled 418 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2022 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 138 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 12.2 hours. Doing everything runs 26, 2.1 times as long.
The drop-off
45% start to 2% 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
genuinely my favorite game of all time, beautiful in every sense of the word (most of my hours are on the epic games launcher)
Ik it says i only have about 10 hours of gameplay, but thats Because i got it on console and just now got it on pc. with that said, i have beaten this game over 30 times just because of how good it is. the graphics are amazing for when it was made, the story is probably the best out of a lot of games, and the gameplay has so much to offer. and you gotta love the names they give some of these creatures. thats like...
Playing The Eternal Cylinder was an unforgettable experience from start to finish. The alien world is brilliantly, the creature evolution mechanics ais sooo fun/ unique , and escaping the crushing Cylinder kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. My only real complaint? I didn't want it to end! when i finished the game i was desperately hoping for a sequel or expansion to dive back into this incredible...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Eternal Cylinder scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/865680/the-eternal-cylinderReviews 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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