Anachronox
Skip · RPG · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 40, under the fair line, at $6.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.25/hr
- Reviews▼
- 75% of 644
- Critics
- 77 players 2 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 32% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 28.2h
- To 100%
- 44.8h 1.6x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 85 on record
- Typical cut
- 86% off
- Steam low
- $0.97 November 2017
- Sale every
- 46d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 57% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 53% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 85 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 86 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 32 percent of the games it competes with. Among the games that feel like it, Space Rangers HD: A War Apart ($14.99, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats Deus Ex: Invisible War ($6.99, scores 5).
More about Anachronox
None of the 274 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 141 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 19 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
This is such a fun little RPG with amazing turn-based tactics mechanics and storyline. I've played this through once before, and I love playing through it again years later, too.. The comedy, the story, the dynamics of everything going on here, it's hard to describe, but great to play. Fantasy mixed with science fiction, all in one.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Pretends it's an RPG but it's closer to a lucasarts point and click adventure. You are going to need a walkthrough and a lot of free time. I suggest you lay on easy because there's no extra fun to be had from making fights take any longer than they already do. This game had a fast-forward button patched into it for a reason. (Config file says it's \ but it maps to # on my machine). I also suggest you make multiple...
I am not a JRPG fan. The only similar game I had played before this was the old "Septerra Core", so I may be wrong and unfairly lumping the whole genre together. In my limited view, these are party RPGs with linear stories and questionable combat systems that look turn-based without actually being turn-based. "Anachronox" turned out to be roughly that. The protagonist gathers a fixed party as the story progresses...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Anachronox scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/242940/anachronoxReviews 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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.