Drakensang
Fair · RPG · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 31.7h 60.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.32/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 797 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 $1.99 (80% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Drakensang is a third-person party-based RPG based on the pen & paper role-play rules of The Dark Eye. Drakensang is the first PC game for over 10 years to be based on Germany's most successful and popular role-play system. Drakensang builds on the pen & paper rules as applied in version 4.0.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1.5 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT with 256 MB RAM or similar video card, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 43 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. On the same math Pillars of Eternity ($29.99, scores 78) and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire ($19.99, scores 79) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Drakensang
None of the 364 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 119 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Players
- Players online
- 11 when we last checked, on Sep 26, 14:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Played it on release back then and have good memories about it. IMO it's a pity that there ain't more DSA games like this.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
If you ever wondered, 'what if Dragon Age was made by an European studio with a fraction of the budget?' Drakensang answers that question. At times janky, but very charming and fun. An easy recommendation if you are a fan of tabletop style RPGs like BG, DAO, NW, etc.
Seriously, just play Dragon Age Origins. This game may have pioneered a lot, but it is a slog fest. My God, the number of the same old dungeons that went on forever with wave after wave of trash was ridiculous. 80% of the rest of the game is just running back and forth. The loot was crap. The quests were okay. The graphics still gold up. The dialogue was lame. This game could easily be condensed in half. TBH I am...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Drakensang scores 59/100 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/12640/drakensangReviews 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.