Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
Worth it · Action · 2012
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99. Typically $0.97 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.58/hr
- Reviews▼
- 85% of 1,265
- Critics
- 70 players 15 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Action
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 12h
- To 100%
- 17.9h 1.5x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 95 on record
- Typical cut
- 86% off
- Steam low
- $0.97 November 2017
- Sale every
- 36d last December 2025
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 43% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 90% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 95 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 86 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 44 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 3 percent. It is better reviewed than 90 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Alice: Madness Returns ($9.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (2001) ($6.99, scores 21).
More about Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
The press gave it 70; the people who bought it give it 85 percent. A 15-point gap in the buyer's favour.
2 of the 406 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 304 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 307 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
This was the first game of the series I played as a kid. Bought it with my own pocket money. Still own the CDs. I grew to love the atmosphere and the lore. One of my all-time favorites, excellent cast, excellent story, dialogue and performances are iconic.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Great game but the recently released remaster fixes most of the issues this one had, biggest one being the camera. Get the remasters for 1 and 2 and then play this. One of the best series ever made.
This is one of the worst games I've ever played! I'm aware that the Remastered version of this game exists that fixes a lot of the problems I have with this, but I had already owned this by the time the Remaster was announced, and did not want to spend extra 25 euros on the game I already own. That being said, I played this old version and it's so broken it's almost unplayable. But even if the Remaster fixed all the...
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About the game
Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Each equipped with a legendary sword, Kain & Raziel must battle through a world loaded with conflict and intrigue as they attempt to unravel their destinies and defeat the dark forces that seek to condemn...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 3D graphics compatible with DirectX 9, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003) scores 68/100 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/224300/legacy-of-kain-defiance-2003Reviews 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.