The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Fair · Narrative · 2012
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 9.9h
- Value
- $2.02/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Face your Destiny! In Andergast, whose inhabitants are considered to be superstitious, King Efferdan awaits a state visit from high-ranking dignitaries. For centuries the kingdom has been at odds with neighboring Nostria, but now first steps are being undertaken toward a lasting peace.
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.99, set in August 2015. 129 discounts in the 14 years on record. They run about 90 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 4 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 5 weeks.
Value puts it in the top 10 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Chaos on Deponia ($19.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats The Whispered World Special Edition ($19.99, scores 38).
The press gave it 75; the people who bought it give it 87 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 404 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 147 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 9.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
53% start to 5% 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
Players
4 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a classic fantasy point-and-click adventure that focuses on storytelling, immersive world-building, and clever puzzles. What begins as a simple mission for the young bird catcher Geron soon turns into an unforgettable journey filled with magic, mystery, and unexpected twists. The game features beautiful hand-painted environments, an excellent soundtrack, and strong voice acting...
Somewhat obtuse puzzles, like most of its genre, but a decent and interesting story Edit, having finished the whole game I will say that the animation is not very consistent
Just couldn't get into it. Even after drinking so much Jim Beam, Still didn't enjoy it.
Player reviews from Steam: the most helpful all-time, plus the newest that clear the same quality bar, with the hours each player had put in when they wrote it. The mix of Recommended and Not recommended follows the game's Steam ratio. Rotates daily. Opinions are theirs.
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The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/203830/the-dark-eye-chains-of-satinavThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 6, price as of Sep 24.
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