FOUNTAINS
Fair · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 11.2h
- Value
- $1.34/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 517 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors. Carve your way through a gritty souls-like RPG set in a sprawling, interconnected world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, OpenGL ES 2+, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
19 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 33 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 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 14 percent on value. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Hyper Light Drifter ($19.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms ($17.49, scores 28).
More about FOUNTAINS
This site sampled 361 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
At 11.2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
42% 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
What players say
Game + DLC took me 4 days to beat (16 hours total). I can't believe I slept on FOUNTAINS as long as I did. When I decided to play, I didn't even realize a DLC had just dropped, so of course I picked up the DLC right away. The game was fantastic. Tons of exploration. Engaging gameplay. Fun boss fights. It's literally everything I could hope to look for in a top-down pixelated souls-like. 10/10 would recommend.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Great game. I don't play games to get punished, so the added difficulty settings for those that want a more forgiving experience was welcomed. As soon as I started playing the game on chill difficulty, I began to enjoy my experience a lot more. The combat feels satisfying, the exploration is rewarding, and there's a good sense of progression as you get stronger. I also really enjoyed the atmosphere and overall...
I really wanted to give this a good review but it's just not possible, it has a lot of elements that i like but after some point in the game the enemies just become damage sponges that 2 shot you, that's not good game design as far as i'm concerned, just lazy.
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Cite this score
FOUNTAINS scores 55/100 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/1841240/fountainsReviews 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.