Eador: Genesis

Eador: Genesis

Fair · Strategy · 2013

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $5.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
52.5h
Value
$0.11/hr
Reviews
84% of 462 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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, at about $1.49 (75% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in 7 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

Raising the score
Value$0.11/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews84% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 82% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 173 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Eador: Genesis is an indie turn-based strategy game created by Alexey Bokulev. It has inspired the development of Eador: Masters of the Broken World.Take the role of a mighty Master and shape the destiny of Eador, on land and within the astral plane itself.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 154 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 63 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, ENDLESS Legend™ ($29.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Thea: The Awakening ($19.99, scores 58).

What players say

Ah, Classics! One of the best indie games I ever played. Albeit graphics is crude, game has wonderful tactic combats, strategic depth and makes you think.
technotopiaRecommendedafter 43hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
One of the most brutal and addictive turn based strategy games you will ever find. Here you have to be careful at every single move you make because that move can cost your entire party to get wiped out literally, but when you get a grasp of the matter it becomes so incredibly satisfying to dive deep in that rabbit hole of adventures. This game is an absolute peak of art and depth in that specific regard, the newer...
ScarabaeusRecommendedafter 8.4hJul 2025Read on Steam
Back in a day it was VERY interesting game, unique, challenging and fun. Now it's technical limitations make it unplayable. It crashes, it works only with 1024x768, it's mouse sensivity is odd, etc. Thus, despite all great fun I had even before it came to Steam, I don't recommend byuing it.
jet800Not recommendedafter 17hSep 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Eador: Genesis scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/235660/eador-genesis
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Tags

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Details

DeveloperAlexey Bokulev
PublisherSnowbird Games
GenreStrategy
Released2013
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate