Farewell North
Fair · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $23.99. A BANGER at $4.32, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Aug 2024 (lowest $9.59, Jun 2026).
- Length
- 3.9h 9.7h to 100%
- Value
- $6.15/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 667 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.32 or less.
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
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
About the game
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or equivalent, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 22 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. No sale on record has reached $4.32, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Value puts it in the top 16 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dordogne ($4.49, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats LOST EMBER ($29.99, scores 47).
More about Farewell North
Critics scored it 80. Players sit 15 points higher at 95 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 222 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to August 2026.
The main story runs 3.9 hours. Doing everything runs 10, 2.5 times as long.
At 3.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
45% 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
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Sep 27, 22:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Do you love dogs? Prepare yourself for a beautiful, emotionally devastating journey where you can chase things, bark at people, & hang out in a canoe while your human tries very hard to control it (poorly). This is just as much a piece of art as it is a game. If you love dogs, play this, bark until your human pets you, & bring tissues for the ending.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I had guests sleeping in the next room while I played this and had to stifle my sobs.
It's one of those games that I wish I could give a "Maybe" rating to. Is it hot garbage? No. Is it an amazing game? Also no. Pros: You get to play a dog 'Open' world exploration (many small islands you must boat to) The story Cons: You 'get' to play the dog. (trust me, it's good and bad) 'Open' world exploration. It turns out that rowing a kayak around with no world map and looking for collectables just becomes...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Farewell North scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1432850/farewell-northReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.