Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX
Worth it · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $39.99.
- Length
- 32.1h 68.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.25/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 396 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 is entrusted to two alchemists..." 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.
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 32 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.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Ikenfell ($19.99, scores 74) and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ ($29.99, scores 73) both outscore it.
More about Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX
This site sampled 327 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The main story runs 32.1 hours. Doing everything runs 69, 2.1 times as long.
The drop-off
81% start to 15% 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
- Players online
- 13 when we last checked, on Oct 18, 19:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Stunning visuals, amazing story, great gameplay. The different systems, from alchemy to combat to character interactions, fit perfectly together and make the game hard to put down because it simply feels so effortless. The world is wide but full of personality, and the soundtrack wraps every moment in a cozy sense of wonder. What really stands out is how sincere the game feels. It never tries too hard, yet almost...
2 more reviews
I think Dusk is peak Atelier for me. I know this particular style of Atelier, with the time management aspect, will never return, so nowadays I appreciate and love the entries like Sophie 2 and Resleriana as they are the next best thing. But there's something about the Ateliers from this era here that nothing else provides, for me. Escha & Logy DX is a beautiful game that aged gracefully, I really like the...
True happiness can only be achieved by using government capital to fund your sweets addiction. Probably the best Atelier game in part because the dual protagonists are both interesting and have a great dynamic. The monthly system was weird at first but grew on me over time. The map is pretty weak compared to earlier Atelier games but works well enough within the time system.
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Cite this score
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX scores 69/100 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/1152310/atelier-escha-logy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky-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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.