Cris Tales
Skip · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 18, under the fair line, at $3.99.
- Length
- 22.2h 31.3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.18/hr
- Reviews
- 65% of 554 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
About the game
Cris Tales is a gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs with a new perspective. Peer into the past, act in the present, and watch as your choices dynamically change the future -- all on one screen as you play!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (2GB) or equivalent, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 58 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $3.99 at 90 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 86 percent. On the same math Phoenotopia: Awakening ($19.99, scores 64) and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ ($29.99, scores 73) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Cris Tales
74 on Metacritic, 65 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 12 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 22.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 391 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to August 2026.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
75% start to 12% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 15, 22:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Short review after 100% the game and getting every achievement: A relatively short but fun turn based indie RPG not reinventing the wheel but adding some twists with time manipulation mechanics. Pros: - Superb art style and main selling point of this game, indie charm combined with beautifully designed world, map and characters making this a timeless game where even in 20 years it will still look amazing (from...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A pretty fun game when it became free on epic so i decided to buy it on steam instead. I can't say too much about the story but it was entertaining for me (others wont say otherwise) and i thought it was really cool when it came to the core mechanic of the game, i just wished they implemented it a bit more. Artstyle and Soundtracks go really hard, I love it a lot. I wish there was more content of this game but its...
I really wish the game was as good as its art, and while I do acknowledge it is an indie studio's first game, that can't save it from its lack of quality. It is a below average JRPG on pretty much every front; the gameplay, the story, the characters are all just not very good. This game is incredibly slow and dull, and it drags for far longer than it should for a complete playthrough. Sadly the selling point of time...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Cris Tales scores 18/100 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/1079830/cris-talesReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.