Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

Skip · Narrative · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $7.99.

Length
8.4h 18.2h to 100%
Value
$0.95/hr
Reviews
34% of 302 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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

Raising the score
Value$0.95/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews34% of 302 reviews, scored as 39%
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 108 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

About the game

There is obviously no such thing as vampires... at least according to the official line of the Catholic Church. The trilogy continues as the Prince of Darkness rises again.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce 6800 GT / Radeon 1800XT, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

Across all 111 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Syberia ($12.99, scores 69) outscores it, and so does Sinister City ($0.99, scores 20). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

Finishing takes 8.4 hours; clearing it takes 18, which is 2.2 times the campaign.

What players say

Finished it again after many years. Looks like this is a crippled version of the original without the puzzles.
HM1msNot recommendedafter 7.8hJan 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
(Do not play steam version, it's missing cutscenes and puzzles which just subtract from the overall feeling Just get it on GoG) 7.3 Had a great feeling throughout, some of the puzzles in the second half were a touch too obtuse for me to grasp the final solution it was looking for, but I was along the right lines. If it had a touch extra of a hint I felt I would have been able to sail more smoothly and would have...
McguyverZeroNot recommendedafter 2.2hNov 2025Read on Steam
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon is a slow-burning, cerebral gothic adventure that leans heavily into investigation, atmosphere, and religious intrigue rather than overt action or constant spectacle. Developed and published by Microids, this third entry in the Dracula adventure series deliberately steps away from the direct continuation of Jonathan Harker's story and instead presents a standalone narrative set in...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 9.8hJan 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

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Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/289840/dracula-3-the-path-of-the-dragon
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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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperMicroids
PublisherMicroids
GenreNarrative
Released2014
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate