Etherlords II

Etherlords II

Fair · RPG · 2014

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 0 of 8 sales

Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.

Cost per hourS
$0.31/hr
Reviews▼
83% of 505
Critics
78 players 5 higher
Genre rank
Top 8% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
16.2h
To 100%
45.4h 2.8x the story

Price and sales

Sales
35 on record
Typical cut
70% off
Steam low
$0.99 November 2014
Sale every
51d last June 2022
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.75 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
10 now
Cheaper than
67% of its genre
Better reviewed
81% of its genre
Price and player charts

Players

Players online
10 when we last checked, on Nov 6, 20:56 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 35 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 226 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gordian Quest ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Chaos Reborn ($9.99, scores 32).

More about Etherlords II

The main story runs 16.2 hours. Doing everything runs 45, 2.8 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 1585 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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.31/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 82% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Refunds0 of 188 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Etherlords II solves the dilemna of non-creativity in card games, from classic TCGs to rogueli?es : In these games, there usually are clear and few METAs, because you want a single deck that can deal with most of the situations you might encounter. In the Etherlords II campaign, instead of a one-deck-fits-all approach, each of the enemie's decks are very strong against certain strategies and weaker against others...
EglaiosRecommendedafter 15hApr 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Etherlords II, developed and published by Nival, takes the experimental foundation of the first game and reshapes it into something more focused and approachable, trading some of the original's grand strategic scope for a tighter, more character-driven experience. Instead of trying to balance two equally dominant systems, the sequel clearly prioritizes its card-based combat while streamlining the surrounding...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 13hApr 2026Read on Steam
tried to get into it a few times, but this game does not respect your time. its basically heroes of might and magic where instead of turn-based battles, you use watered-down magic the gathering system. sounds good on paper, but game is reaaaly slow.
Ultraknur9000Not recommendedafter 1.5h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

The saga continues! Etherlords II takes you back to the world of Ether and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. Lead your hero on an unforgettable journey through lands filled with unsurpassed beauty and danger to unlock the ultimate mystery.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 3D-accelerator AGP with 16 Mb RAM, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Etherlords II scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/270790/etherlords-ii
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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.

Critics vs players+5
Critics78
Players83
Metacritic critics · 505 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperNival
PublisherNival
GenreRPG
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate