Elder Sign: Omens
Skip · Strategy · 2013
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 48, under the fair line, at $5.99.
- Length
- 3h
- Value
- $2.00/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 461 positive
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Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1019 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Elder Sign: Omens is a digital version of the popular board game by Fantasy Flight Games. Build a team of unique investigators and fight to keep an all-powerful Ancient One from invading our world! Explore museums, oceans, deserts and more for the arcane Elder Signs that will help seal the Ancient One away.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 2.0 Pixel Shader w/ 256 MB of VRAM, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 12 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 18 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 146 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 68 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Liar's Bar ($6.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles (free, scores 42).
What players say
Elder Sign: Omens is a digital adaptation of Elder Sign, a cooperative dice-and-card board game rooted deeply in the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft and published by Fantasy Flight Games. The tabletop version itself was released in 2011 and situates players as investigators racing against time to prevent the awakening of an Ancient One by collecting Elder Signs, all while contending with the creeping doom that has become...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A nice adaptation of the Elder Sign board game. There are a few differences especially in the expansion campaigns but it's a nice way to experience the game without having to take the box off the shelf. There's an element of randomness in the game. Much more depends on strategy and planning than the die rolls, though. Sure you can get a horrible die roll streak that just screws your perfect strategy, but this...
Designed for a touchscreen, this game lacks such niceties as a tutorial, balloon tips, or context-sensitive anything. If you don't already know how to play (I didn't) you'll need to read through the How-To in the pause menu. There's no easy way to figure what the icons do, so it's probably best played with another screen open that you can use as a guide. I still don't know all the nuances of what means what so maybe...
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Cite this score
Elder Sign: Omens scores 48/100 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/257670/elder-sign-omensReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.