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79BANG SCORE
Bastion
Worth it · RPG · 2011
Solid value for the price: about 6.2h, $14.99 (~$2.42/hr), 95% positive.
The verdict
Becomes a BANGER at $10.77
28% off today's $14.99. Wait for that sale.
$2.42/hr over the 6.2h main story, $0.73/hr if you 100% it (20.5h).
Better value than 94% of RPG games
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Length
6.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
20.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.42/h
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$14.99
Reviews
95%
38,071 reviews
Metacritic
86
critic score
Players
3.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2011
What drives the score
Value$2.42/hr
price per hour of game, the biggest driver
Length6 hours
how much game you get. hours feed the value per dollar
Reviews95% positive
gates the score. weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a BANGER
Reach3.5M+ players
how many own it, a popularity + confidence signal
Engagement15% finish
how far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Metacritic86/100
critic consensus, a supporting signal next to player reviews
Monetization✓ None
no microtransactions, nothing drags the score down
Lime = the core BANG Score drivers, blue = supporting signals, red = what drags it down. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Critics vs players+9
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 38,071 Steam player reviews
The drop-off
84% start to 15% finish15% of players see it through, a normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Price history
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DeveloperSupergiant Games
PublisherSupergiant Games
GenreRPG
Achievements24
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