Ys X: Nordics
Skip · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $59.99.
- Length
- 25.8h
- Value
- $2.33/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 20% ($47.99)
- Last discount ended
- 149 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.
Explore uncharted islands, engage in fast-paced action combat, and experience the high seas adventures of unlikely allies Adol and Karja in Ys X: Nordics!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $44.99, set in October 2025. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 4 in the 2 years tracked, about 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 21 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 38 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii ($14.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn ($39.99, scores 26).
3 of the 506 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2024 to August 2026.
25.8 hours to finish it, 60 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
92% start to 12% 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
Why cant we get a Brave Nordics Dlc? instead you want us to buy both versions of the game, punishing people who bought it on release. Well I guess I have to wait a year before buying Ys XI just in case you do something like this. Its a great businiess idea to punish people for buying your games day 1.
Yeah so they tricked us into buying this version even though they certainly knew they would be releasing the "Full" game later. Honestly I have been getting a bit annoyed lately with NIS, I already feel like their games are becoming more and more boring and generic, the quality seems to be going down the drain and now this?
This was my first ever exposure to the Ys series, but thankfully the story is self contained to this game. Speaking of the story, the story was quite enjoyable, and as a Norwegian I can appreciate a lot of the inspiration and themes from Viking culture. Though I gotta say that some of the names of the other in-universe countries made me chuckle, "Ispania" and "Danmerk" being some of them. The only real negaitive I...
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Cite this score
Ys X: Nordics scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2731870/ys-x-nordicsReviews 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 2.
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