GUIDES
Working out what a game is worth
Short, opinionated guides on the one question this whole site answers: is a game worth the money. The numbers in them come from this site's own pipeline, and the strip below is what it sees right now.
Games scored
95,340
re-scored from fresh data every six hours
On sale right now
10%
9,949 games carry a live discount
Half off or deeper
7,594
live discounts at 50% or more, today
- 4checks, in orderIs a game worth it? How to decide before you buyA repeatable way to answer the one question that matters.
- 1.9Mdiscounts recorded since 2013When Steam games actually go on sale, from 1.9 million recorded discountsThe waiting math, measured instead of guessed.
- 181graphics cards on one ordinal ladderHow this site works out whether a game runs on your computerOne ladder, two numbers, and the cases where the honest answer is nothing.
- 90%off mostly tells you the ageA 90 percent discount does not mean the game is badThe scariest number on the store page is mostly a birthday.
- 9.7%median finish rate across 725 gamesHow many players reach the ending? Here is what Steam counts.The hours you pay for and the hours you see are different numbers.
- $5an hour, for a $20 game that runs four hoursWhy price per hour is a bad way to judge a gameThe metric that feels right and points the wrong way.
- 0-100one number, and where it is weakHow the BANG Score worksOne number for value, and the reasoning under it.
- 2times I had the maths backwardsWhy I scored every game on Steam for bang-for-your-buckThe story of the number, including the two times I had it backwards.