Demonicon

Demonicon

Skip · RPG · 2013

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 23, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Cost per hourS
$0.76/hr
Reviews▼
67% of 1,026
Genre rank
Top 66% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
13.2h
To 100%
35.8h 2.7x the story
Achievements
49

Price and sales

Sales
79 on record
Typical cut
70% off
Steam low
$0.99 October 2018
Sale every
51d last October 2026
Lowest now $3.64 at Fanaticalall-time low $0.94 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Cheaper than
38% of its genre
Better reviewed
20% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

59% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 79 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition ($4.49, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats GreedFall: The Dying World ($49.99, scores 3).

More about Demonicon

13.2 hours to finish it, 36 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.7 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.76/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 68% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Refunds0 of 122 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

A decent RPG with few minor flaws Pros Cons 🎮 Gameplay: Gameplay is smooth and functional with combination of melee, magic, dodging, parry, range options. The simple RPG mechanics of leveling Skills, Attributes, and Magic make the game pretty enjoyable, however, the options to level Magic skills are severely limited since the points received is very little. ❌ The game suffer mainly due to its Technical issue such...
ShirohanayuhRecommendedafter 27hJun 2026Read on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
An older, janky, yet pretty atmospheric game. Sadly, for every thing this game does okay, there's another, often absolutely jarring technicality that brings it down. See them below. I can't recommend it. Pros [*]Passable story. [*]Conversations are alright. [*]Das Schwarze Auge system is cool. [*]The extent of exploration leaves more to be desired, but it does happen, and the atmosphere is really nice. [*]Combat is...
NikanuurNot recommendedafter 7.7hOct 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

The Dark Eye - Demonicon is a thrilling action-RPG set in the extraordinarily popular universe of “The Dark Eye”, a richly crafted fantasy world beloved by fantasy gamers across the globe.The Dark Eye - Demonicon tells the tragic story of a brother and sister who become pawns of sinister forces in a world of cruelty and depravity.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Demonicon scores 23/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/215630/demonicon
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Reviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperNoumena Studios
PublisherKalypso Media Digital
GenreRPG
Released2013
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements49