Phantom Rose

Phantom Rose

Skip · Roguelike · 2019

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 48, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
3h 26h to 100%
Value
$5.00/hr
Reviews
79% of 882 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

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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

Holding it back
Reviews79% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 78% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$5.00/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 350 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

Phantom Rose is a roguelike deckbuilding card game. Fight and collect powerful cards as Reina, a maid exploring a mansion ravaged by evil creatures
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Dedicated or integrated graphics, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

Across all 47 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 35 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, 月圆之夜 (Night of Full Moon) (free, scores 55) beats it on value, while it beats Beneath Oresa ($24.99, scores 41).

More about Phantom Rose

This site sampled 350 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 258 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 32 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 3 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 26, 8.7 times as much.

What players say

An Anime Rouge like deck building game, with a beautiful dark style and an intriguing lore, you will be challenged by trying to build decks to keep pushing ahead, but it won't be as easy as to hoard powerful cards and called it the day. You will have to learn to manage your deck, no sideboard, no infinite room, your HP, and check what's available in store, all this between cooldowns, buffs, deffufs, and countering...
ZaffronRecommendedafter 5.5hMar 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
I've played a lot of roguelike deckbuilders over the years and while each one has its own unique approach I can't say I've seen one do it in as unique a way as Phantom Rose. Normally with a deckbuilder of any kind, be it roguelike or cardboard, you want to keep your deck small to keep it consistent and efficient. This game is designed in a way that encourages the other way; since your entire deck is always "in your...
CarminaRecommendedafter 4.5hJul 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Phantom Rose scores 48/100 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/1054550/phantom-rose
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developermakaroll
PublisherStudio Maka
GenreRoguelike
Released2019
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate