The Pathless
Skip · Action · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 6.1h
- Value
- $6.56/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 15 GB of storage. Windows only.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $7.99. That was August 2026. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 43 in the 5 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 18 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. The Gunk ($24.99, scores 47) and Kena: Bridge of Spirits ($19.99, scores 71) both outscore it.
81 from critics against 91 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 280 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 9 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 161 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 6.1 hours. Doing everything runs 13, 2.1 times as long.
The drop-off
73% start to 8% 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
5 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 04:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game should be classified as deck verified. Got to the ending without technical issues on my deck. Beautiful game.
A spiritual journey that makes you realises you never needed a path, but to forge you own journey and discover the world around you.
Very satisfying gameplay, the scenery is pretty and i like the way the game progresses. The message is good and simple and it ties it up nicely. I do however have a problem with the storm mechanic being extremely frustrating. I thought the bosses had randomly generated trajectories when in the storm mini game, but somehow they move perfectly to block and catch you ? Genuinely doing surprise turns or walking straight...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Pathless scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1492680/the-pathlessReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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