Astor: Blade of the Monolith
Skip · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 26, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 10h 17h to 100%
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 203 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 12 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
Rip through hordes of enemies with fury and style in this fast-paced action RPG. Play as Astor, a young warrior determined to unveil the secrets behind his creators’ unforeseen demise. Wield an arsenal of runic weapons to hunt down the evil haunting the planet Gliese and save it from impending doom.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or GTX 960, 15 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 60 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn ($9.99, scores 38) beats it on value, while it beats Hyper Light Breaker ($29.99, scores 0).
More about Astor: Blade of the Monolith
Steam's global achievement data puts about 13 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 10-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 10 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
82% start to 13% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 8, 09:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Changing review from negative to positive: I actually like this game and fully intend to finish it, I like the combat and super awesome soundtracks. But, why in the word would you not have backpedalling in a action-adventure combat game? The character runs backwards instead EVEN WHEN YOU ARE LOCKED ON AN ENEMY causing you to get hit because your back is turned. Questionable design. (just got an ability that allow...
2 more reviews
An indie hack-and-slash zeldalike with fun combat, satisfying parrying, decent environmental puzzles, and a solid story? Sign me up. The VO narration and animated cutscenes are well done, the characters are memorable, the villain is very cool, and the progression is interesting. There are some minor glitches, but that's normal for a game created by a small team. Overall, a really enjoyable experience.
Thoroughly enjoyable game. Nice simple hack-n-slash fun. Ran into a few bugs, but nothing that broke my save or set me back too far. It's pretty easy to miss collectibles on your first playthrough, because you'll often progress the mission without realizing, and then you can't go back. And if you want to go back to a level to collect them, you have to replay the missions. All other achievements were easily obtained...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Astor: Blade of the Monolith scores 26/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1989320/astor-blade-of-the-monolithReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.