The Tarnishing of Juxtia
Skip · RPG · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 7.7h 12.5h to 100%
- Value
- $3.25/hr
- Reviews
- 68% of 714 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.
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
38 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 79 percent. Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree ($39.99, scores 38) outscores it, and so does AWAKEN - Astral Blade ($19.99, scores 50). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about The Tarnishing of Juxtia
Steam's global achievement data puts about 20 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 7.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 494 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2022 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 7.7 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
62% start to 20% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 3 when we last checked, on Oct 7, 10:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I just finished my first playthrough of The Tarnishing of Juxtia, which took me about 9 hours. Before diving into the details, I want to say upfront that this is easily the hardest 2D soulslike I've ever played. I've tackled plenty of tough 2D soulslikes and metroidvanias (including both Blasphemous games), but this one sits at the top for difficulty. It's important to note that The Tarnishing of Juxtia is not a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Haven't beaten it yet, but it's... fine. It's not a Metroidvania at all and shouldn't be approached as one; it's entirely a 2D souls-like. It's mostly linear, has nothing in the way of movement upgrades or anything like that, and plays more or less the same in basic terms from start to finish. Areas are pretty much spoke-and-hub collections of combat encounters with shortcuts to open up. Combat is competent and...
The number of enemy attack hitboxes in this game that inexplicably extend behind them cannot be understated. It's not even like the enemies are badly designed visually; they have clear tells for different attacks, the problem is that so many attacks just have messed up hitboxes that extend beyond their visual range, like the artist knew what they were doing but the programmer didn't. Aside from that in the time I...
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Cite this score
The Tarnishing of Juxtia scores 17/100 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/1428710/the-tarnishing-of-juxtiaReviews 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.