Deepest Sword

Deepest Sword

Worth it · Short indie · 2021

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

Length
0.5h
Price
Free to play
Reviews
87% positive
Length
0.5h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
6h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
Free
price ÷ main-story length
Price
Free
Reviews
87%
10,935 reviews, as of Sep 19
Players
750K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2021

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Venture deep into the Cavern of Longing in this short-yet-challenging physics platformer. Plunge your sword deep into the dragon's heart! How deep is your resolve?
Description from the Steam store page.

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

Raising the score
ValueFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews87% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
Length0.5 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 92 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio ($0.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats One Gun Guy ($4.99, scores 16).

0.5 hours to finish it, 6 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 12 times the campaign.

7 players were online in it when we last checked, on Oct 1, 03:46 UTC.

The drop-off

98% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

7 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 03:46 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Deepest Sword scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1647160/deepest-sword
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Reviews 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 Sep 19.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperCosmic Adventure Squad
PublisherCosmic Adventure Squad
GenreShort indie
Released2021
Achievements12