Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
Skip · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 21, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Reviews
- 72% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD6870, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical Strategy game (about 8 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
The value story
July 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $1.99. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 79 in the 7 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre. On the same math Wargame: Airland Battle ($19.99, scores 74) and Wargame: Red Dragon ($29.99, scores 78) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
Of the 678 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 447 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
72% start to <1% 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
Cite this score
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 scores 21/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is estimated at 8 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/871530/radio-commander-vietnam-64Reviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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