Summum Aeterna
Fair · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 6h
- Value
- $3.33/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 399 positive
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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
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About the game
Summum Aeterna is a fast-paced Roguelite inspired by the Metroidvania Aeterna Noctis. Create your own worlds, challenges, difficulty and influences in each new run. Die, learn, become stronger, and achieve victory. Death is inevitable, but glory is only for the chosen.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 750 | AMD Radeon HD 7770, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
44 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 49 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Dead Cells ($24.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Overture ($4.99, scores 40).
More about Summum Aeterna
This site sampled 310 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2022 to August 2026.
The drop-off
60% start to <1% 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, 09:09 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
No, I would not recommend it. The main problem here in this game is that it is terribly balanced, terribly. I am able to complete a run only with two weapons - Jibaro and Basaltaic golem or whatever. Finishing a run with a blade, gun or a scythe is a unreachable dream - game is soo difficult in short distance that You can spend like hundreds of hours to complete it. I have difficulty level 2 - I dont see any...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Where to begin. This games animation and hit boxes are not quite right I think my biggest issue is I'm a huge dead cells player and although that game is hard its not unfair. And before I get the get gud squad thinking its a skill issue i have beaten dead cells on bc5 all bosses no hit. The combat has a lot of off screen ranged enemies and you have 2 options 1 stay and fight them which consists of dodging their...
Summum Aeterna is an ambitious and demanding roguelite action title that expands the dark fantasy universe previously established by its creators, offering a faster, more repeatable structure built around endless runs and procedural worlds. Developed and published by Aeternum Game Studios S.L., the game places players in the role of the King of Darkness, a powerful yet eternally trapped ruler whose journey is...
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Cite this score
Summum Aeterna scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1815230/summum-aeternaReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.