Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Worth it · RPG · 2006
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.97/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 11,877
- Critics
- 72 players 19 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% RPG
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 10.3h
- To 100%
- 17.1h 1.7x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 90 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 May 2013
- Sale every
- 45d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 18 now
- Recent reviews
- 89% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 38% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 90 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) ($14.99, scores 94) beats it on value, while it beats Arx Fatalis ($4.99, scores 77).
More about Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
The press gave it 72; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. A 19-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 1,202 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
Takes a bit of dark magic to get it running on modern systems, but well worth it. Realizes the full potential of Source. Kicking dudes down stairs doesn't get old.
2 more reviews
I was born in the early 90s, and I was 15 when this game came out. I absolutely loved it, especially the combat system, skills, and story. It is still one of my favorite games.
This game is a bit of a forgotten gem. The main highlight of it is its incredibly satisfying melee combat focused on improvisation rather than facing enemies head on. The environments are masterfully designed, where each element can be used to get an upper hand over your opponents. The feeling you get, if you manage to plan ahead and utilize each kick, throw and trap to win some very tough fight, is incredible. That...
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About the game
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2100/dark-messiah-of-might-magicReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.