Solid value for the price: about 36.4h, $39.99 (~$1.10/hr), 88% positive.
Better value than 65% of rpg games
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
BANGER threshold
Becomes a BANGER at $27.98
30% off today's $39.99. Wait for that sale.
Real value
$1.10/hr over the 36.4h main story, $0.36/hr if you 100% it (110.7h).
And 15% of players reach the end, the value holds.
Finish rate
15.2%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
36.4h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
110.7h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.10/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$39.99
Reviews
88%
25,888 reviews
Metacritic
89
critic score
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2015
What drives the score
Value$1.10/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews88% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate15.2%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver
The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).
Advertised 36.4h · only 15.2% of players finish it
Where players drop off
Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).