Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew
Skip · Roguelike · 2021
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $0.97.
- Length
- 1.3h
- Value
- $0.75/hr
- Reviews
- 68% of 212 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 93% off today.
Discounted in 6 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
Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew is a spectacular third-person sword fighting game based on Scandinavian mythology
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 57 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.97 at 93 percent off still sits 64 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
It is less well reviewed than 86 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, BELOW ($24.99, scores 24) beats it on value, while it beats SMITE 2 (free, scores 0).
The drop-off
31% start to 15% 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
What players say
The atmosphere and mythology are promising, but the content feels limited. Six maps don't give you much room to explore, and procedural generation can't completely hide the repetitive structure of the encounters. The sword fighting is entertaining for a while, yet I wanted more enemy variety and more interesting situations. A decent foundation that needs more meat on its bones.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's total nonsense where you fight a single enemy over and over again. The "objectives" don't even work because the dev didn't match them to the correct stages and only 2 out of the 6 achievements will unlock (Thankfully profile features disabled). The dev attempting to charge $14 for this is outrageous. There are also three other virtually identical games by this dev with the same mechanics that only change the...
Played Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew and appreciated the focus on swordplay mechanics. Parrying and chaining attacks feels responsive, enemies vary in patterns for engaging fights. Mythical setting with gods and giants adds flavor to the progression. Graphics stylized for fantasy, runs smooth. Good pick for quick action sessions.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1595000/firelight-fantasy-phoenix-crewReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.