Runespell: Overture

Runespell: Overture

Skip · RPG · 2011

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 35, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Length
7.4h 16.3h to 100%
Value
$1.35/hr
Reviews
74% of 388 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 3393 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Raising the score
Engagement10% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$1.35/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews74% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 16 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

This role-playing game, set in an alternate medieval Europe, combines poker mechanics with power ups and collectible cards.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB Shader Model 2.0 (Geforce 6 series, Radeon X1000 series), 348 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

10 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 16 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 485 weeks ago.

On value it sits in the top 39 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre. SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech ($24.99, scores 61) outscores it, and so does Overdungeon ($7.49, scores 51). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Runespell: Overture

Steam's global achievement data puts about 10 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 7.4-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

Finishing takes 7.4 hours; clearing it takes 16, which is 2.2 times the campaign.

The drop-off

72% start to 10% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

Cite this score

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Runespell: Overture scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/102200/runespell-overture
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Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+5
Critics69
Players74
Metacritic critics · 388 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMystic Box
PublisherMystic Box
GenreRPG
Released2011
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements35