Secrets of Grindea
Worth it · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99. Typically $11.24 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.93/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 8,614
- Genre rank
- Top 3% RPG
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 16.2h
- To 100%
- 48.2h 3.0x the story
- Finish
- 5% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 69
Price and sales
- Sales
- 13 on record
- Typical cut
- 20% off
- Steam low
- $11.24 December 2025
- Sale every
- 91d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 29 now
- Cheaper than
- 22% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
80% start to 5% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
13 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 20 percent off across all of them, roughly 13 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 3 percent. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Sir Whoopass™: Immortal Death ($10.19, scores 54) and Dungeons of Sundaria ($9.99, scores 42).
More about Secrets of Grindea
Steam's global achievement data puts about 5 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 16.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 10 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to November 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 4 of 141 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 250 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 16.2 hours. Doing everything runs 48, 3.0 times as long.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $11.24 (25% off). Predictions like this were right 91% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
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
What players say
В целом хорошая игра, графика достаточно приятный геймплей, история сойдёт. Из главных плюсов: Разнообразие врагов и локаций Интересные боссфайты и головоломки Из минусов: Управление (на геймпаде) - под конец игры становиться дискомфортно управлять персонажем когда нужно нажимать несколько способностей/предметов и парировать в идеале, а то как управление сделано просто не позволяет тебе быстро ипользовать...
2 more reviews
A half decent ARPG with several hardcore achievements and gameplay elements The game would be nicer if we could make a single character to be used in all game modes, instead of a different character for every game mode. The developers didn't know what kind of game they wanted, and this shows. It's ridiculous I chose to be a spellcaster and even with a 2h staff I'm expected to use a shield to block attacks. The game...
i've watched the very small dev team work on this for over 10+ years, so i'm a little biased. i think it's a very cute and honest game. i think the grind of the game is appropriate of the title. i think the game challenges the player in many different ways, and some of them certainly are more frustrating than fun. i also think it's fair criticism to say that the combat isn't as rewarding as it could be, that skill...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Secrets of Grindea is an old-school Action RPG with co-op support for up to 4 players. Journey through fantastical lands and battle tons of different enemies and bosses in your quest for truth, friendship and, above all, finding the world’s rarest treasures!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Secrets of Grindea 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/269770/secrets-of-grindeaReviews 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.