The Land Beneath Us
Fair · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $3.74, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since May 2024. Buy it now if you want it.
- Length
- 14.6h 34.1h to 100%
- Value
- $0.26/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 270 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 75% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
A fast-paced, turn-based rogue-lite dungeon crawler. Unleash skill combos, wield a variety of weapons and battle through the mythic Underworld of Annwn. Conquer the 7 Lords, collect Soul-Tech, and save The Creator. With real-time tactical decisions and endless replayability, runs are never the same!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
27 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $3.74 at 75 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
On value it sits in the top 50 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Moonlighter ($19.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Never Split the Party (free, scores 44).
More about The Land Beneath Us
3 of the 227 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2024 to August 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 14.6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 34, 2.3 times as much.
At 14.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
82% start to 3% 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
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 23:57 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I found this to be a very refreshing variation of the rougelike genre. I feel like most games are about kiting and quick decisions, whereas this allows for more well thought out strategies and slower pacing to play exactly how you intend. Because of the grid system there were really cool weapon abilities. The chip system was a nice addition to reward well thought out movements. I do feel like the power creep came a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Just wrapped up my 30+ hour journey with The Land Beneath Us, and what a ride it has been! The core mechanic is deceptively simple, but it forces you into deep-thinking sessions that are incredibly rewarding. The weapon variety is a standout feature-switching between melee and ranged options keeps every run fresh and exciting. For the completionists out there, the achievements are very straightforward and satisfying...
Very basic and uninteresting in its progression. Still the bosses change the game completely and sometimes there are nowhere for you to go but die. It seems the game uses the classic "get to the boss, figure out what it does, die and then maybe you have a chance with hindsight". I am not a fan of that kind of game design, the normal game is fun but basic, the boss fights are something totally different that just...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Land Beneath Us scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2131010/the-land-beneath-usReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.