Tales of Maj'Eyal
Worth it · Roguelike · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99. Typically $3.49 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour
- $0.12/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 7,537
- Genre rank
- Top 8% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reach, Monetization
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 85% over the last 30 days against 94% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 57.8h
- To 100%
- 378.2h 6.5x the story
- Finish
- 2% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 1782
Price and sales
- Sales
- 75 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $1.39 June 2015
- Sale every
- 51d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 147 now
- Recent reviews
- 85% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 71% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
41% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
75 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shattered Pixel Dungeon ($9.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Desktop Dungeons ($14.99, scores 59).
More about Tales of Maj'Eyal
Players rate it 94 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 85 percent. Something recent has soured the room. This site sampled 539 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 321 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 57.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 378, 6.5 times as much.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
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
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
What players say
A truly amazing roguelike. The lore, the classes it has it all. Well sounds are a bit weak but there are free mods to cover that end. Otherwise I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend buying this game.
2 more reviews
The best game ever made. Or a more honest title would be 'The best game someone could make for my tastes'. It sits at that weird intersection between a classic RPG and a classic roguelike set in a fantasy setting which fits my tastes on all ends. I have been absolutely addicted to this game since I picked it up on a Steam sale. Its a bit obtuse at first glance but very intuitive for a classic roguelike. The game has...
It's only been seven hours and I can tell that I'm about to lose a large chunk of my life to this game. I can't wait.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, OpenGL 2.1+, 512 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tales of Maj'Eyal scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/259680/tales-of-maj-eyalReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.