Avowed
Skip · RPG · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $49.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.47/hr
- Reviews▼
- 77% of 13,423
- Genre rank
- Top 36% RPG
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 20.2h
- To 100%
- 67.8h 3.4x the story
- Achievements
- 50
Price and sales
- Sales
- 11 on record
- Typical cut
- 33% off
- Steam low
- $29.99 June 2026
- Sale every
- 50d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 143 now
- Recent reviews
- 76% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 2% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 66% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
91% start to 1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 11 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 36 percent. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ($19.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Dragon Age™: The Veilguard ($59.99, scores 17).
More about Avowed
26 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2025 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,872 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 540 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 813 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 20.2 hours. Doing everything runs 68, 3.4 times as long.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 29 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
after 13 hours, Im calling it quits. The game is really cool. Runs really well until it doesnt. The game crashes at random too often. In the beginning i just dealt with it. After it happens on 2 separate computers and almost every time i play, im done. If not for the crashes, its really enjoyable
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I really tried to like this game. I put the hours in, slogged through and completed it.. but it all felt a bit hollow. It looks unique and beautiful - at night especially the glowing landscapes are gorgeous. But that wasn't enough. Combat was pretty samey and boring by the end, I saw the "twist" coming a mile off, and in terms of the world, storyline, characters and quests I didn't feel like there was much that...
Avowed is a very good first-person action-RPG created by Obsidian (of Fallout New Vegas and Outer Worlds fame) that reminded me a lot of Skyrim even though it was way more limited in scope and complexity. It takes place in the world of the Pillars of Eternity games (great RPGs), but you don't need to have played them before. Avowed is truly stand-alone with no recurring characters except two (and the Gods). It did...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG set in the world of Eora, where your choices carve a path through war, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. Navigate a land in turmoil, forge powerful alliances or deadly rivalries, and wield magic and steel to shape the fate of the Living Lands—and your own destiny.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580, 75 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Avowed scores 38/100 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/2457220/avowedReviews 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 31, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.