Grim Dawn
Worth it · RPG · 2016
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; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$24.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$3.7485% offBANGER
- Cost per hourA
- $1.15/hr
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 110,559
- Critics
- 83 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% RPG
Holding it back: Monetization
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 21.7h
- To 100%
- 245.4h 11.3x the story
- Finish
- 32% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 234
Price and sales
- Sales
- 85 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 December 2024
- Sale every
- 46d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2,693 now
- Recent reviews
- 86% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
66% start to 32% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 85 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $16.83 BANGER line 75 times.
Its score puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Path of Exile (free, scores 75) and Victor Vran ARPG ($19.99, scores 70).
More about Grim Dawn
The press gave it 83; the people who bought it give it 93 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts 32 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 2,988 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic, finite spend); the score docks it lightly for that.
Finishing takes 21.7 hours; clearing it takes 245, which is 11 times the campaign.
The rating rests on 110,559 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.
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
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
What players say
I've played Grim Dawn for years now. Still playing. No micro transaction, no ads and very stable. I play on linux (Fedora 44 currently). Game runs well, lots of fun, single player is my primary but the online community is still going strong. I play the content I've paid for with no rug pulls. Gameplay over graphics, have fun!
2 more reviews
Grim Dawn is a great ARPG experience. I played as the Occultist and loved the summons. I also played on veteren difficulty and recommend this as your starting difficulty.
I originally bought this as part of the Farthest Frontier Set and this actually ended up being a good decision. I haven't played Diablo so I can't compare those but, unlike Path of Exile that throws large amounts of enemies groups at you and bombard you with pages of lore and random names every time you speak to a NPC, Grim Dawn is a lot simpler and clearly explained. The environment isn't particularly amazing but...
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About the game
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or ATI Radeon X800 series or better, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Grim Dawn scores 78/100 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/219990/grim-dawnReviews 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 3, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.