BOOK OF HOURS
Worth it · RPG · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $24.99.
- Length
- 39.2h
- Value
- $0.64/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in July 2026. 24 discounts in the 3 years on record. They run about 35 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sultan's Game ($19.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Cultist Simulator ($19.99, scores 54).
13 of the 721 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 383 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 39.2 hours; clearing it takes 92, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
The drop-off
89% 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
Players
147 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 19:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I've been bouncing off this game for years, but I've finally broke in and now I'm obsessed. As someone with ADHD, this game was made to filter me. It rewards straight up rigor and focus, things I really do not have at all. But the aesthetics are just so strong I kept coming back. Finally, I pulled out google sheets and really got into it, and the payoff was massive. The absolute dopamine of getting my first seeker...
A worthy successor to Cultist Simulator through and through, Weather Factory has clearly learned and understood well what worked and what didn't and have made a truly gorgeous game, I am excited to reach the ending, and beyond that looking forward to the release of Travelling at Night
Book of Hours is a game where you are a Librarian in a huge castle. You aim is to unlock all rooms and reach peak understanding, you do this by reading books, crafting items and upgrading skills. Do NOT buy this game if: - You can't handle a cluttered UI - You don't want to play with a spreadsheet - Can't multitask The reviews in this game seem split: you either have too much to do or too little. Neither is true...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
BOOK OF HOURS scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1028310/book-of-hoursReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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