Elderand
Skip · RPG · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 39, under the fair line, at $6.79.
- Length
- 5.9h 15.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.15/hr
- Reviews
- 75% of 825 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT/ AMD Radeon HD 6450, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
39 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $6.79 at 66 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
On value it sits in the top 33 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, AWAKEN - Astral Blade ($19.99, scores 50) beats it on value, while it beats Chasm ($19.99, scores 35).
More about Elderand
This site sampled 433 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written February 2023 to August 2026.
The main story runs 5.9 hours. Doing everything runs 16, 2.6 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
43% start to 6% 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
A souls-like metroidvania may be what they were going for but this attempt is all wrong. The game is difficult to survive in and grinding levels barely, if at all, helps. The limited stock on potions, arrows, and sub weapons is debilitating and just adds to the frustration. The controls are mid, the enemy and level design are acceptable. It's just frustrating instead of fun.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
this one has attractive art and a gameplay loop that starts out strong, but it gets really repetative and the combat goes downhill really fast. I played it to 100% map a while ago and decided to give it another run because I never got true ending, but the reason I never got true ending was becase it became less and less fun over time and eventually became miserable. skip this one, it isn't worth it.
As a fan of metroidvanias, platformers and soulslike games, this one really hit my sweet spot! It controls very fluid and has just the right amount of difficulty. Every time I encountered new enemies, I actually had to learn them instead of brute forcing it. You get just the right amount of healing. It felt perfectly balanced to me. The music fits the theme and aestethics very well too. The game doesn't let you...
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Cite this score
Elderand scores 39/100 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/1413660/elderandReviews 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 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.