Depths of Fear :: Knossos
Skip · Roguelike · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 2.7h 3.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.11/hr
- Reviews
- 67% of 435 positive
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Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2457 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Depths of Fear :: Knossos, a Greek-themed, 1st Person, Roguelike stealthy action-adventure where you play as Theseus out to kill the rampaging horror the Minotaur. Succeed in the beast’s slaughter or learn the meaning of fear trying. You will run. You will hide. You will fight. You will die.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 128MB GForce 6600 or better, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 50 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 351 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 89 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Golden Light ($19.99, scores 58) and GTTOD ($29.99, scores 63) both outscore it.
More about Depths of Fear :: Knossos
Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 138 reviews written there were positive, against 67 percent overall, and those are 42 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
18% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Please note: at the time of writing this review, I have only played through the first set of levels, involving the satyr. Is it perfect? No. It has more than its fair share of problems - mostly minor things, like the sound of the satyr's hoofsteps not matching up with his actual animated hoofsteps - but a few fairly major things too. I personally haven't experienced anything totally game-breaking as of yet, but...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
one of my favorite underrated gems on steam. the game itself is flimsy and will sometimes break on you, but the lo-fi grecian horror atmosphere is one of a kind. it feels like a place i lived. genuinely creepy too
I don't know if to love this game or to hate it. It has a pretty badass concept of having to fight legendary monsters from Greek mythology in eerie dark dungeons, but it's just executed so badly that I am only left disappointed. The levels seem to be randomly generated, and your main goal is to slay 7 legendary creatures so that you can unlock a weapon that will let you defeat the final challenge - the Minotaur. The...
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Cite this score
Depths of Fear :: Knossos scores 17/100 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/252570/depths-of-fear-knossosReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.