Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Worth it · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $59.99, a BANGER if it drops to $26.31.
- Length
- 27.6h
- Value
- $2.17/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Geforce GTX 650 Ti, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $23.99, set in October 2025. It has been discounted 32 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. The math puts its BANGER price at $26.31. The record reaches that level 3 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ($49.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats FINAL FANTASY XVI ($19.99, scores 55).
Of the 398 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
The drop-off
92% start to 9% 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
13 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 18:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Good and fun game. If you are coming from YS 8 you will be right at home. Unfortunately, raids are back, with different name but similar format, lots of mechanics from 8 are back actually. The new part is that you and your characters have like a superhero secret identity with special powers. Story wise, very anime as usual, but it a good way I guess, world ending event that you have to fight. Slightly shorter than 8...
I have already finished the game on the switch. This game is amazing and the pinnacle of Ys. You cannot go wrong with it.
Ys IX answers that age-old question: "What if Adol Christin was a member of My Chemical Romance?" And honestly, I love it. This time, the game takes place mostly in Balduq, a huge gothic city rather than an isolated island. I understand why some people don't find the setting as interesting as the Isle of Seiren in Ys VIII, but I absolutely love the gothic atmosphere. More importantly, the traversal makes the city...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1351630/ys-ix-monstrum-noxReviews 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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