Kingsvein
Worth it · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 18h 23.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.11/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 317 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 days ago.
- 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
Explore and reclaim the infested castle-city of Kingsvein! Ride into its depths on your trusty wyvern, and lead your customizable party of Knights and Mystics in deep tactical combat.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
14 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga ($6.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Horizon's Gate ($19.99, scores 59).
More about Kingsvein
Steam's global achievement data puts about 16 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 18-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 303 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to August 2026.
The drop-off
60% start to 16% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 7, 00:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
For anyone looking for a good tactical RPG, this game is fantastic. The gameplay is great with lots of potential builds, itemization, and the balance in terms of having challenge but not needing to grind has been fantastic. Add to that great music, pixel art and a serviceable story and you have a really amazing indie TRPG. For those who have played other Rad Codex games: My only other Rad Codex game for reference is...
1 more review, not recommended
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I found the game a frustrating and confusing experience. Hopefully I'm not missing anything obvious, but I cannot see enemy skill or intention, every turn I am shocked by what the enemy throws at me. Initially I misunderstood how the skillset/levelling up works so I even restarted the game to be mindful of experience and yet I was still losing every battle on the lowest...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Kingsvein scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2276830/kingsveinReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.