Hammerwatch II
Skip · RPG · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 10, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 20.7h 28.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.24/hr
- Reviews
- 62% of 2,232 positive
Full price
Today
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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
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
Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated world like never before. Aid King Roland’s resistance while helping villagers along the way. Battle beasts, finish off hordes of the undead, and face the forces of evil.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 3.2+ / DirectX 11+, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
37 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $4.99 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Heroes of Hammerwatch ($14.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem ($19.99, scores 2).
More about Hammerwatch II
Steam's global achievement data puts about 12 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 20.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 8 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to October 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 3 of 184 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 259 reviews written there were positive, against 62 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
76% start to 12% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
Loved the first game, even enjoyed heroes of hammerwatch, but this? An abandoned downgrade. Avoid it.
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
This is an incredibly good game, but likely has poor reviews because it has some major issues with performance. Big world to explore, lots of things to unlock, tons of secrets to uncover, great ability progress, the right amount of loot, fun bosses. it's an RPG, but it's not too complex. it hits a great balance. Depending on how you build your character, it kinda gives me topdown Terraria vibes at time. Game is also...
This review is from the perspective of the Wizard Class(My favourite Hammerwatch class) on Serious mode(Hardest difficulty). After finishing the first Hammerwatch Game, I was eager to give this a go. I cannot however recommend it. I finished Hammerwatch on Serious mode and despite the difficulty, it never felt unfair. Hammerwatch 2 however, is a slog to get through. There is a distinct lack of reward for exploration...
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Cite this score
Hammerwatch II scores 10/100 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/1538970/hammerwatch-iiReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.