Archons
Fair · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.9h 25h to 100%
- Value
- $3.44/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 424 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely between Oct 27 and Nov 9, at about $0.99 (90% off). Calls like this were right 78% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks. Its own discounts have started about 58 days apart.
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Archons is a Roguelite/Survivor game where you control two characters, the Archons- simultaneously! Customize your build and abilities to fit your own unique playstyle and blast your way through enemy parasites and bosses!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 21 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 39 percent on value. It is cheaper than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Twilight Survivors ($2.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Hero Siege ($7.99, scores 19).
More about Archons
1 of the 327 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 2.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 25, 8.6 times as much.
At 2.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
35% start to 13% finishA 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
What players say
Archons Expectation: controlling two heroes in a bullet hell game at the same time with both joysticks might be cool. Reality: the camera swirls around constantly, monsters shoot cannon fire from off-screen, both characters run away from monsters while the monsters run just as fast, you can't damage them, and when you finally can, you can't pick up the power-up orbs you need. But that's the worst-case scenario. I...
2 more reviews
Equal parts It Takes Two and Furi, mix in ample roguelike progression and you have this absolute gem of a game. Controlling two characters at once when the action picks up does something to my brain that no other game does and I love it. The music playing in time with the action is a glorious way to keep the adrenaline pumping. There isn't much of a story or anything resembling a plot but you don't need it for...
Fun but not your typical vsruvivours clone... I strongly recommend using a gamepad or a local coop - mate ;) The challenge was there, until certain research was discovered on a tree (won't spoil wich). Bosses are specatcular, overall gameplay is fun. Recommend.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Archons scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2779570/archonsReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.