Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Fair · Strategy · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 55% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$8.9955% offWorth it
- Cost per hourA
- $1.21/hr
- Reviews▼
- 85% of 1,482
- Genre rank
- Top 8% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 16.5h
- Achievements
- 24
Price and sales
- Sales
- 23 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $8.99 February 2025
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 6 now
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 88% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
83% start to 5% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Pan'orama ($13.99, scores 77) outscores it, and so does Dorfromantik ($9.09, scores 97). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
17 of the 503 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2024 to October 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,604 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 703 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 226 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
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
A very good sandbox with quick progression. You can complete a save in 6 hours if you know what you're doing. Ultimately it is a Numbers-Go-Up game, as the economy is simplistic for the time being. But allows for building a trade empire if you so wish. Artistically very unique. Astounding soundtrack. The lore is rich, as it's a pseudo sequel to the dev's previous game. Most content is free with every update, with...
2 more reviews
Tl;dr: It has some unusual mechanics and controls. It can be fun if you "get" the idea of the game, but not everybody will like it. This is difficult to review. Another of those games where Neutral + FYI would be more useful than strictly positive or negative. I tried the demo some time ago and didn't like it. But then I bought ShipShaper and really enjoyed it, and wanted to see the ships do something , so I forced...
Fun casual game if you like Townscapers with a small bit of strategy, though I do think it is missing some features. For one I'd like to be able to save Freebuild creations.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, Intel Arc A380. or Nvidia GTX 1650 or AMD RX 6400, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles scores 62/100 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/290100/bulwark-falconeer-chroniclesReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.