Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Fair · Roguelike · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Cost per hour
- $0.37/hr
- Reviews▼
- 83% of 1,555
- Critics
- 69 players 14 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 35% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
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Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 27.2h
- To 100%
- 55h 2.0x the story
- Finish
- <1% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 187
Price and sales
- Sales
- 35 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.39 December 2013
- Sale every
- 58d last February 2021
Players and genre
- Online
- 3 now
- Cheaper than
- 51% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 60% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
87% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
35 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 299 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 35 percent of its genre. Cogmind ($24.99, scores 77) outscores it, and so does Shattered Pixel Dungeon ($9.99, scores 83). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Sword of the Stars: The Pit
69 from critics against 83 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
This site sampled 219 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 110 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 27.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 55, 2.0 times as much.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 2092 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
What players say
Very solid Traditional Rougelike with interestingly pretty good aesthetic presentation as far as this genre goes (Meaning, not going to blow you away but compared to other Traditional Rougelikes its practically the Mona Lisa) This game leans extremely hard to attrition and strategy as the core gameplay, you don't die from one unlucky event in this game you die because of hundreds of tiny poor and lazy decisions you...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
why don't I have this game and why can't i play it even though it is and is not in my steam library simulatniously and i bought it?
The game was excellent before the mandatory additions. The original release left you feeling like the next room might hold what you needed in order to progress. The meta-progression system allowed you to compliment your arsenal with crafted tools and equipment. The additions, however, cluttered the game with so many resources that you never find what you need to craft the most simple things, many of which are now...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512 MB DX compatible card, 1.4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Sword of the Stars: The Pit scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/233700/sword-of-the-stars-the-pitReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.