Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX
Worth it · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $39.99.
- Length
- 23.2h 57.6h to 100%
- Value
- $1.72/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 565 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
"The promise begins." The "Dusk" series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters. The 1st title in the series "Atelier Ayesha" is now available as a deluxe version.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 or better,1280x720 (Graphic Memory 2GB or better), 17 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 31 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Ikenfell ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Phoenotopia: Awakening ($19.99, scores 64).
More about Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX
Steam's global achievement data puts 23 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. None of the 338 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 23.2 hours; clearing it takes 58, which is 2.5 times the campaign.
The drop-off
90% start to 23% 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
Players
- Players online
- 6 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 18:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A14, Atelier Ayesha. Highlight for me is finding out, more than 15 hours into normal mode playthrough, that one of the last Steam achievements is "Rescue Nio (hard mode)". Leaving that to future me (probably). Synthesis of this game is a bit more difficult than Atelier Rorona or Atelier Ryza in the fact that you can't freely choose to put transferrable property in. It was only at Synthesis level 45 that you get the...
2 more reviews
Many people say that Atelier Ayesha DX is one of the hardest Atelier games for newcomers because of its strict in-game time limit, and that proved to be true. When I finished the game for the first time, I immediately got the bad ending because I didn't fully understand how to manage my time efficiently. As I continued playing, however, I gradually learned the game's mechanics, especially time management, which is...
Atelier Ayesha is a relatively simple and cozy JRPG that will keep you entertained if you like this kind of checklist gameplay and its quirky characters. The franchises alchemy system takes a step back and is unfortunately not that well executed but will not be a big issue for a normal blind playthrough. (+) Characters, Events and Worldbuilding: The games best parts comes from its main character Ayesha and all her...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1152300/atelier-ayesha-the-alchemist-of-dusk-dxReviews 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.