CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Fair · Shooter · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$39.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$5.9985% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.15/hr
- Reviews▼
- 86% of 67,012
- Critics
- 85 players 1 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 36% Shooter
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.7h
- To 100%
- 38.7h 3.0x the story
- Achievements
- 67
Price and sales
- Sales
- 60 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 August 2025
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,064 now
- Recent reviews
- 86% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 71% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
90% start to 4% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
60 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 36 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Alan Wake ($14.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Alan Wake's American Nightmare ($8.99, scores 37).
More about CONTROL Ultimate Edition
10 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 3,140 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 12.7 hours; clearing it takes 39, which is 3.0 times the campaign.
At 12.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 16 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
I never played this game when it first came out, but when I saw it on Steam for sale, I was like, why not give it a try. At first, I found the game a little boring, but after continuing to play, the story actually became pretty interesting. The combat and fights are really good, and the graphics are great too. Overall, I enjoyed the game, but the ending was disappointing for me. 7/10
2 more reviews
6/10 - Fantastic ideas held back by frustrating game design. Control has an incredible world, immaculate lore, a fascinating story, excellent atmosphere, and genuinely fun combat. Jesse's powers are a blast to use, and the deeper I got into the story, the more invested I became in the Remedy universe. Unfortunately, actually playing the game can become a chore. The map is awful, navigation is unnecessarily...
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About the game
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X, 42 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
CONTROL Ultimate Edition scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/870780/control-ultimate-editionReviews 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 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.