Gyromancer
Skip · RPG · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $5.99.
- Length
- 16.8h 38.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.36/hr
- Reviews
- 52% of 349 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Gyromancer is a Pop Cap / Square Enix collaboration. This is a Puzzle RPG. Join Rivel and his companion, Laska, on a grand chase spanning twelve stages. What awaits at the end of the hunt?Each stage contains its own objectives, from defeating the beasts that block your way to solving puzzles before time runs out.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 2.0 Capability, 174 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 66 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 62 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 98 percent. MARVEL Puzzle Quest (free, scores 23) outscores it, and so does Gems of War - Puzzle RPG (free, scores 52). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Gyromancer
71 on Metacritic, 52 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.
16.8 hours to finish it, 39 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 15, 18:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Developed by Square Enix in collaboration with PopCap Games and published by Square Enix, Gyromancer is an inventive blend of puzzle-solving and role-playing that successfully combines two genres rarely seen together. Rather than following the traditional turn-based formula associated with fantasy RPGs, the game centers its battles around rotating groups of gems on a puzzle board, creating a combat system that...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Gladly i used cheats to pass the finals stages of this game, it was really worth it.
The game is a very niche puzzle RPG, turning Bejeweled Twist into a combat system with summoned monsters (yes, Pokemon) with more than 15 hours to complete the story. It is very grindy for what it is, but I enjoyed it. It fails for technical reasons because on modern machines certain sound and visual effects from the battle can cause it to crash and it has no internal limiter so it will use 100% of CPU and GPU...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Gyromancer scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/23380/gyromancerReviews 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.