Sovereign Syndicate

Sovereign Syndicate

Skip · RPG · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a fair price before.

Today

$19.99Skip

On its price record

$16.99Fair

Length
14.3h 25.2h to 100%
Value
$1.40/hr
Reviews
80% of 650 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $16.99 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

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

Holding it back
Value$1.40/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews80% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 79% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds3 of 319 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

About the game

A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Direct X Compatible Video Card with 2GB Memory, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 28 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 20 percent on value. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura ($5.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness ($29.99, scores 41).

More about Sovereign Syndicate

3 of the 319 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to August 2026.

The drop-off

52% start to <1% 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

Players online
7 when we last checked, on Oct 11, 14:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Love steampunk. Interesting setup with this game. Basically a long storyline with choices, no action. Has some replayibility. Camera was a bit wonky. I'd say 7/10
ey2262003Recommendedafter 98hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Intriguing plots and vividly drawn characters in an unusual setting. There's a lot of chasing around the map, but the story is worth it.
ajwakeRecommendedafter 12hAug 2026Read on Steam
I don't know who decided to have the camera automatically shift around the player's character in an isometric rpg, but playing this title have been giving me the worst motion sickness in years.
canisludensNot recommendedafter 3.5hAug 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Sovereign Syndicate scores 48/100 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/1674920/sovereign-syndicate
Embed the live badge

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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+3
Critics77
Players80
Metacritic critics · 650 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperCrimson Herring Studios
PublisherZugalu Entertainment
GenreRPG
Released2024
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements42