Song of Iron
Skip · Action · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 23, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 3.1h 3.5h to 100%
- Value
- $6.45/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 494 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $7.99 (60% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
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
Behind you lies a trail of broken helms, shattered shields. You hold the axe of a fallen foe. Worn and dented, it will suit it's purpose. What lies ahead is still a mystery. Your goal is not.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 22 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 13 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Nocturnal ($2.54, scores 90) and AWAKEN - Astral Blade ($19.99, scores 50) both outscore it.
More about Song of Iron
Steam's global achievement data puts about 14 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 358 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 107 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
At 3.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
72% start to 14% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
Good fun short game! Good visuals. Good sound and music effects. Clunky combat system, charge attacks are close to useless as enemies will for sure hit you. Rolling sometimes puts you in dangerous spots or far away from enemies to attack instantly, making you waste time and stamina. Would make it a little bit better if you could modify the input for controller A game that does deserve its chance. Good and enjoyable.
2 more reviews
Song of Iron, developed and published by Resting Relic, is a visually arresting side-scrolling action adventure that wears its atmosphere like armor. It opens with a moment of raw tragedy-a village reduced to ruin, a warrior burdened with loss, and a relic carried in trembling hands toward the gods. What follows is a journey soaked in vengeance, myth, and melancholy, set in a world inspired by Norse mythology and...
If you like games like Limbo or Little Nightmare, and some nordic viking stuff, give this a try. really enjoyed it tll the end. Hope for the sequel...
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Cite this score
Song of Iron scores 23/100 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/1258220/song-of-ironReviews 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.