Hinterland
Skip · Roguelike · 2008
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 48, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 2.9h 9.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.44/hr
- Reviews
- 80% of 256 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.49 (75% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 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
About the game
June 11, 2009 - Update Two new playable Orc classes: Lord (Warrior) or Shaman. Expanded gameplay: Orcs consume twice as much food, learn martial skills faster, manufacture items slower, and the Shaman uses totems to summon creatures. Several new items regardless of character class.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 64 MB DirectX 8.1 compatible card. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 29 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 13 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Among the games that feel like it, Just King ($4.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats We Are The Dwarves ($1.34, scores 21).
More about Hinterland
The press gave it 65; the people who bought it give it 80 percent. A 15-point gap in the buyer's favour.
HowLongToBeat players log 2.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 9, 3.1 times as much.
The drop-off
75% start to 3% 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
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 20:50 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
been playing this here and there for over a decade. nothing really like it. arpg city builder. watch the Accursed Farms video on it. wish there were more games like this. more refined.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game is weird, simple, and seemingly undecided on it's identity. There are many flaws to it, not robust enough, and it is obviously outdated. Yet, with all of that said, I love it. Playing this game and then playing "modern" (or current) games; I can see how it was ahead of it's time in many ways. It is a short burst of enjoyment and I would definitely recommend.
Hinterland is the strange marriage of core game mechanic that many would consider best suited for a hardcore audience and an execution that caters heavily to a casual audience. The result is a seemingly confused game. Action RPG with strategy elements that's geared towards 20-30 minutes gaming sessions. It's also a game that you feel is missing something. The gameplay has a very arcade feel to it due to the lack of...
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Cite this score
Hinterland 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/17140/hinterlandReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.