Path of the Abyss
Worth it · RPG · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99.
- Length
- 18h
- Value
- $0.39/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 681 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 4 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
Dive deep into the Abyss.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce RTX 2060, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 24 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 20 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including The Slormancer ($19.99, scores 49) and Erenshor ($19.99, scores 55).
More about Path of the Abyss
Of the 349 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2023 to August 2026.
The drop-off
10% 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
What players say
This is very close to 50/50. Going with "Yes" because the unique mechanics (the skill grid, skill synergies, targeting via the grid, the class/stat approach) are quite cool, and the early game rewards experimentation and using them in varied ways. As you approach endgame/postgame, however, it turns into the sort of grindfest where you have nested tiny chances with tiny grades of outcomes, which are compounded by a...
2 more reviews
7.25/10 A Strong Unique System Trapped in a Familiar Crawl I grew up loving first person dungeon crawlers like Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder, and Menzoberranzan. That said, I've struggled to enjoy the genre for a long time. It feels like it hasn't evolved much in 25 years. Too often it's repetitive corridors, minimal storytelling, and a heavy reliance on grinding the same environments for hours. So take my...
Just beat the main game. I really enjoyed it. The combat is a main draw for this, as it really incentives understanding the systems. Admittedly it took about 10 hours to realise some basic things like I need to actually pick the passives off the stat screen, but that was a skill issue on my half. What really made this game click for me was having my physical DPS jump into a strange puddle, and suddenly develop laser...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Path of the Abyss scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1768650/path-of-the-abyssReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.