RWBY: Arrowfell

RWBY: Arrowfell

Skip · Action · 2022

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 22, under the fair line, at $29.99.

Length
5.9h 7.4h to 100%
Value
$5.08/hr
Reviews
72% of 366 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 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

Raising the score
Engagement26% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$5.08/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews72% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 71% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 301 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Dive into an explosive new RWBY adventure! Instantly switch between Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and use their weapons and Semblances to battle a mysterious new threat in this in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7! Featuring a new song by Jeff Williams with vocals by Casey Lee Williams!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 or equivalent, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 22 times in the 4 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 64 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Guacamelee! 2 ($4.99, scores 83) and Islets ($19.99, scores 68) both outscore it.

More about RWBY: Arrowfell

Steam's global achievement data puts 26 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 301 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2022 to August 2026.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

The drop-off

84% start to 26% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

Good for what I paid, I got this on sale. I have been following RWBY off and on since it launched in 2013. Compared to Grimm Eclipse this game is much better, but not 30 dollars better. I feel like if they flesh this formula out, add more to a future game it'd be a hit.
Marin916Recommendedafter 2.9hAug 2026Read on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
So as i was writing this review i came to find out that Arrowfell released the same exact day as the Bendy & The Ink Machine sequel. A RWBY game sharing a release date with the sequel to a game about an animation company's horrific abuse of it's employees... is hilarious ironic and sad at the sametime... the irony only made worst by making a Union leader one of the villains in the game. (And from what i understand...
NicolaiNot recommendedafter 9.9hJul 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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RWBY: Arrowfell scores 22/100 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/1982150/rwby-arrowfell
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperWayForward
PublisherWayForward
GenreAction
Released2022
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements16