TAISHO x ALICE episode 1

TAISHO x ALICE episode 1

Skip · Narrative · 2019

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 49, under the fair line, at $16.99.

Length
4.6h
Value
$3.69/hr
Reviews
86% positive
It needs 74% off ($4.46) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
4.6h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
12h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$3.69
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$16.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
86%
1,372 reviews, as of Sep 26
Players
75K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2019

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, VRAM 128MB, 1024x768 Resolution, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episodeI) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Description from the Steam store page.

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
Value$3.69/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length4.6 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 483 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $5.09, set in March 2025. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 37 in the 7 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart.

On value it sits in the top 21 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek ($14.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP ($7.99, scores 44).

Of the 483 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to September 2026.

The main story runs 4.6 hours. Doing everything runs 12, 2.6 times as long.

The drop-off

66% start to 17% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

What players say

this is probably the only otome where the heroine outfreaks the love interest lmao
玖 燕來Recommendedafter 7.4h5 found this helpfulRead on Steam
honestly a bit slow at the start but once you really get into it you REALLY get into it !! i lovee lovelove love all the fun twists they did for their little stories, it feels so subtle but at the same time its like its being screamed right into your face. the dialogue along with voice acting is amazing, they casted the characters so well and whoever did the translating needs a damn raise cause of how hilarious it...
tamwahgoRecommendedafter 18hJun 2026Read on Steam
The way the story is written didn't click with me. Cinderella's route was okay because at least the narrative hadn't turned repetitive yet, even if the route itself was unnecessarily long. Red Hiding Hood's is just annoying from start to finish. I think if I had started with it I would have dropped the series right there, which would've at least earned me a refund. I would only recommend it to people who have a high...
YuuyaNot recommendedafter 34h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

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TAISHO x ALICE episode 1 scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1056570/taisho-x-alice-episode-1
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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 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Details

DeveloperPrimula
Publisherpencil
GenreNarrative
Released2019
Achievements6