Iris and the Giant
Fair · Roguelike · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $3.59. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.5h
- Value
- $0.65/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 5500, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
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
February 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $3.59. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 62 in the 7 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 33 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 72 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, LONESTAR ($12.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Knock on the Coffin Lid ($24.99, scores 58).
Of the 381 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 5.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 16, 2.8 times as much.
At 5.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
47% start to 5% 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
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 12:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I loved this game until it became literally impossible to beat. I made my way through levels, and then there's a shift where it is suddenly impossible to move forward or even come close. I asked Discord and researched, but it is literally like a switch and is so frustrating. There are also bugs/errors which are not fixed by the creators, as if they just abandoned the project. So disappointing to not be able to see a...
I know there was a lot of hype over Iris when it came out, but the game play loop just didn't engage me and the story didn't motivate me. The interface is at least clean and simple. A below-average deck-builder; I beat it, and wasn't inspired to engage any further.
Really simplistic but fun mechanics. I honestly couldn't relate or care less about the story of the game, but kept playing for the art-style which was the real highlight of the game and carried it for me. If the game is on sale its super worth it
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Iris and the Giant scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1127610/iris-and-the-giantReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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