LONE RUIN
Skip · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 14, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Cost per hour
- $7.89/hr
- Reviews▼
- 64% of 200
- Genre rank
- Top 91% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 1.9h
- To 100%
- 5h 2.6x the story
- Achievements
- 12
Price and sales
- Sales
- 37 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $3.74 May 2024
- Sale every
- 38d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 27% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 9% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
72% start to 2% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 37 times in the 4 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 91 percent. Patch Quest ($2.99, scores 78) outscores it, and so does Star of Providence ($14.99, scores 84). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about LONE RUIN
HowLongToBeat players log 1.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 5, 2.6 times as much.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I bought it for 3 bucks and at that price it's definitely worth it. A very responsive rogue-like that can be beat in an evening. The soundtrack is lovely too, so I'll be picking that up as well.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Great arcade rogue like, no story few 'levels' with increasing difficulty and 3 x 7 mins survival maps. i just use thunder and damage modifiers quite easy if you get the drops you want. fun game i end up finishing the game in about 4 hr and keep coming back every year or so. well worth a couple of quid for any rogue-like fan
i have it on the switch and steam. its... a good game.... but... it really lacks content, and didn't really grow. The base game itself is a great game. Wouldn't buy it full price atm if you have other choices of games to buy. The basic spells, how to kill, do runs, its fun. chain lighting works in a nice way, blackhole and boomerang or ice storm, etc. This game gets many spells done right, and many many things work...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable roguelike twin-stick shooter. Optimise spells and build ultimate combos to defeat twisted monstrosities and delve deeper into the Lone Ruin.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 128MB, 41 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
LONE RUIN scores 14/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1452070/lone-ruinReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.