Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition
Skip · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 14.5h 41.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.38/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 1,375 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 287 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
Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition is a challenging action role playing game set in a world of dark fantasy. Step into the shoes of Couriers, as they discover the tale behind the mysterious Dark Mist.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950, 25 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 25 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 41 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 69 percent. On the same math Steelrising ($2.99, scores 32) and Lies of P ($59.99, scores 65) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 14.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 665 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to October 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 2 of 160 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 338 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 14.5 hours; clearing it takes 42, which is 2.9 times the campaign.
At 14.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
64% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
Retro modern gaming. There are a bit stiff gameplay unfortunately. Take a medieval fantasy journey with playable characters. The story is well done for a little studio. ⭐5/5⭐
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A fun souls like with a great cast of playable characters. Game runs smooth for me. No crashes, fps drops or lag spikes. The art style and soundtrack are great, they create a sense of immersion in a grim fantasy world. The two worst aspects of the game, I think, are how slow some characters feel (MC and coffin guy) and some hitboxes or parry timings are weird.
Even when I'm not enjoying a souls game I try to find one redeeming feature; something that the game does right despite not appealing to me personally. Unfortunately Pascal's Wager doesn't just need a bit more time in the oven, it needs to be put aside entirely and forgotten about. I suppose the fact that it started off as a mobile game should have already sent some alarm bells ringing, but other titles have managed...
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Cite this score
Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition scores 25/100 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/1456650/pascal-s-wager-definitive-editionReviews 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.