Dread Templar
Skip · Shooter · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 7.1h
- Value
- $2.82/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVidia GTX 560, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $3.99. That was November 2024. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 36 in the 5 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 46 percent on value. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Ion Fury ($24.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Hellbound ($14.99, scores 11).
The press gave it 72; the people who bought it give it 82 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 8 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 7.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 487 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 9 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,071 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 197 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 240 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 7.1 hours; clearing it takes 18, which is 2.6 times the campaign.
The drop-off
74% start to 8% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 7.1-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
4 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 02:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The game is a fun boomer shooter, but there are some things that I really hate, like insta death on some fall or you can be hit during cutscenes and menu interactions (Why). I still put a nice review because there is slow motion, a good soundtrack and some fun level design.
The game is fun and I do recommend it but I have four complaints. 1) At least on hell and nightmare difficulty the game feels less like a boom shooter and more like carefully navigating the maps and sniping enemies from afar. Aggressive/movement based approach feels like it gets punished. 2) The level design in many of the maps doesn't allow from a lot of movement in many areas, a lot of them feel cramped. 3)...
It's a fantastic FPS game with some level design and production issues. As far indie shooters go, I would say this one is a gem. Many indie shooters are just straight up "run and gun" games that require little skill as long as you keep moving. "Dread Templar" is more of a strategic fast paced shooter similar to games like Turok or Doom 2016. If you simply run in and shoot everything on the harder difficulties, you...
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Cite this score
Dread Templar scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1334730/dread-templarReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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