Arietta of Spirits
Fair · Action · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.8h 6.9h to 100%
- Value
- $3.94/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 724 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.39 or less.
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
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About the game
Arietta of Spirits is a story-driven action-adventure game, with easy to approach game mechanics. Follow Arietta on her journey to unveil the mysteries of the Spirit Realm and immerse yourself in a story filled with emotion and surprising turns.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 3.2 compatible GPU with at least 256MB of VRAM, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
61 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 10 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Figment 2: Creed Valley ($4.99, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats Narita Boy ($24.99, scores 36).
More about Arietta of Spirits
Steam's global achievement data puts 31 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. 1 of the 373 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to August 2026.
At 3.8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
77% start to 31% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
A very fun game! doesn't overstay it's welcome and I hope that a sequel comes from this. I highly recommend this :)
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's a pretty good game made by a small team. The combat is engaging and not too easy (I played on normal difficulty), the world itself is fairly big. Overall, it's a good game, but there's still room for polish and even room for the game itself to grow, should the team ever want to revisit and expand it. Once thing that tripped me up a couple times was the hitbox of my weapon, which is fairly small, so i attack an...
The game works fine, story, art, everything is there, there is no bug, its a game "well made" with that being sad the level design is horrible, all rooms are similar, so there is no variety. Some times you get a little lost because all the rooms are exactly the same. Also the gameplay is super simple and its pretty much pointless to kill any enemy besides filling you heart. So you just pass by the game dashing...
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Cite this score
Arietta of Spirits scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1140170/arietta-of-spiritsReviews 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 Oct 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.