Lords of the Fallen

Lords of the Fallen

Skip · RPG · 2023

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 26, under the fair line, at $9.89.

Cost per hourS
$0.35/hr
Reviews▼
68% of 57,202
Critics
75 players 7 lower
Genre rank
Top 60% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Score at full price

Skip$29.99

Score today

−67%Skip
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
28.4h
To 100%
91.3h 3.2x the story
Finish
22% reach the ending
Achievements
77

Price and sales

Sales
24 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$9.89 March 2026
Sale every
46d last November 2026
Lowest now $8.39 at Fanaticalall-time low $7.42 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
528 now
Recent reviews
74% 30 days
Cheaper than
5% of its genre
Better reviewed
22% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

75% start to 22% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

24 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today's $9.89 at 67 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.

It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn ($39.99, scores 27) beats it on value, while it beats Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014 ($29.99, scores 3).

More about Lords of the Fallen

Steam's global achievement data puts 22 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 13 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 36 percent of the 4,572 reviews written there were positive, against 68 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.

28.4 hours to finish it, 91 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.2 times the campaign.

Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.35/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $1.06/hr
Engagement22% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds13 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Don't listen to the deluge of negative reviews, listen to me. Lords of the Fallen isn't perfect, but it IS one of the best souls-likes out there, and you SHOULD definitely play it. Admittedly, three years ago, LotF shat the bed on release. Combat was janky, the game ran poorly, there were balance issues, etc. Ever since then, the developers have been constantly taking player feedback into account, reworking the...
Anime SkelemanRecommendedafter 232h25 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It´s not that hard like a dark souls. However it´s good enough. The combat is fun. The quest lines are the same way then a souls games (not so obvious). I had a good time playing. I see people reporting crash, however it not happened to me and I hadn´t any issues... maybe good luck. Didn´t play online.
GaryLancelRecommendedafter 65hOct 2026Read on Steam
In the world where ds3 and ds2 exists there is no reason to play this as this is basically worse version of ds2 with most of things copied from ds3
FruktuOsONot recommendedafter 19h6 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 12 GB of memory, 6GBs VRAM | NVIDIA GTX-1060 | AMD Radeon RX 590, 45 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Lords of the Fallen scores 26/100 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/1501750/lords-of-the-fallen
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Reviews 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 Nov 8, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-7
Critics75
Players68
Metacritic critics · 57,202 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperCI Games
PublisherCI Games
GenreRPG
Released2023
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements77