LIVE A LIVE
Fair · RPG · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $19.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Mar 2023. Buy it now if you want it.
- Length
- 22.1h
- Value
- $0.90/hr
- Reviews
- 86% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 60% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 60% ($19.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, AMD Radeon RX 460 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The legend is alive! LIVE A LIVE, originally only released for the Super Famicom in Japan, is being revived on Steam! Experience this legendary RPG, brought alive in the same HD-2D visual style as OCTOPATH TRAVELER.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $19.99. That was September 2024. 25 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today's $19.99 at 60 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
This sale is doing real work. 53 at list, 66 today.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Small Saga ($19.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Phoenotopia: Awakening ($19.99, scores 64).
This site sampled 409 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2023 to August 2026.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
54% start to 8% 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
What a remake/remaster from the original which I play on emulator and translated is peak
A fun game if you're a diehard RPG freak who wants to enjoy an retro game they missed in the SNES era, but it definitely is an acquired taste. Each character's scenario can be relatively unique, but because of this, some of them weren't given as much attention as others, and most of them are over before you even realize it. The old school game design also gets in the way more often than not, i.e. the weirdly grindy...
I really appreciate how experimental Live-A-Live was for it's time in RPG history. With that said, I was hoping for a little more QoL improvements from the remake but it's mostly just a graphical overhaul and fresh translation. It retains a lot of tedious and repetitive event-flag stuff where you have to re-enter the same room or area sometimes several times in succession just to move the narrative along. With that...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
LIVE A LIVE scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2014380/live-a-liveReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 1.
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