The Edge of Allegoria
Fair · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 18.8h 23.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.06/hr
- Reviews
- 88% of 240 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $16.74 or less.
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.
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
Turn-based RPG, inspired by classic titles from the golden age of handheld gaming. But make no mistake: This ain't no f@#%ing kid's game.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, OpenGL compatible, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 19 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition ($34.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Monster Crown ($9.99, scores 2).
More about The Edge of Allegoria
Steam's global achievement data puts about 10 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 18.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
95% start to 10% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 00:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I got this game just cos it was on discount and for the nostalgia vibes it gave me looking at the info about it and HOLY MOLLY wasn't that the best thing I had done in my life?!? The game is amazing, it's fun, I literally forgot all of my troubles while playing it. It's hours and hours of fun and giggles. I had no idea what I was doing and refused to look anything up on the internet and I felt like I was 8 again...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
First of all, this is a very good game. However, it's a game made with a Gameboy era Pokémon vibe. So as I see it, comparing the two is unavoidable. Also, make no mistake, this is the most degenerate Pokémon like game you will ever see. It also has references to lotr, final fantasy, pulp fiction, Jay and silent Bob... Even Carlton Banks will dance and look good in it, among other things. So yeah, definitely not for...
Look, the game is fine. If you like low effort humor and nostalgia for nostalgia's sake, then go for it. You'll probably enjoy yourself. I can't forgive the pacing though. This games runtime needed to be chopped in half. Not to mention that some of the later game dungeons are an absolute slog. The warp panel dungeon in particular was horrendous. To the point that I wonder if it was even play tested. I tapped out...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Edge of Allegoria scores 66/100 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/1870700/the-edge-of-allegoriaReviews 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.