The Hayseed Knight
Worth it · RPG · 2020
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 25h 27h to 100%
- Value
- $0.80/hr
- Reviews
- 97% of 209 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 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
Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9.0c, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 20 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 20 percent, about 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 ($1.95, scores 76) and Reigns ($2.99, scores 76).
The drop-off
51% start to 7% 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
What players say
Arguably, the best visual novel almost nobody has played. Clearly a labour of love and it took forever to make. It's cute, it's queer, it'll make you feel things, bad and good, and it lives up to it's inspirations. To love, is to be changed. Highly recommended for anyone willing to have a good romp!
2 more reviews
This is maybe the most charming thing I've played ... ever? As others have pointed out, this is more of a visual novel, and I have to admit that I went into it still thinking there would be lots of "choose your own adventure" sorts of plot splits. It's more limited in terms of player choice than I'd hoped ... but the art, story, lore, music, and most of the voice acting is just all so lovingly crafted, I can't do...
The Hayseed Knight is a fantasy visual novel that succeeds through personality, emotional storytelling, and an incredible amount of charm packed into every scene. What initially appears to be a lighthearted adventure about a clumsy farm boy pursuing knighthood gradually reveals itself as a surprisingly heartfelt and emotionally layered journey filled with memorable characters, clever humor, and touching moments of...
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Cite this score
The Hayseed Knight scores 83/100 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/1332990/the-hayseed-knightReviews 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 2, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.