Cage of Roses
Fair · RPG · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $12.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.2h 6.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.09/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 211 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.83 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 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
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX or OpenGL compatible card, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 10 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 20 percent, about 8 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 10 percent on value. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, 60 Parsecs! ($9.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats Heads Will Roll: Reforged ($24.99, scores 45).
More about Cage of Roses
Steam's global achievement data puts 31 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
55% start to 31% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 17, 19:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
<Cage of Roses> is the first visual novel I've read from ebi-hime's repertoire, and it certainly won't be the last. Melancholic and ever so beautiful, it paints a vivid picture of the lives led by two very lonely women, both before and after they become each other's salvation. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing, which brought the atmosphere of the setting to life. I also fell in love with all of the characters, save...
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This brought me joy and made me feel seen in ways I did not realize I was lacking. Vampirism is a fabulous allegory for queer and transgender representation; being at odds with one's body and desires. Though there is explicit queer representation, the vampirism adds more nuance and intrigue in the exploration of queer themes. There are also strong themes of abuse, abuse recovery, and redemption, and the narrative...
I did enjoy reading this visual novel! I'm a fan of historical gl/Yuri stories, and even much more a fan when they have beautiful, breathtaking artwork!! I will say, I found myself wanting to skip past the side characters parts, as they felt to drag on at times, but maybe that's because I'm impatient and want to get to the main couple's romance. I also got a bit annoyed at times as some descriptions were repeated...
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Cite this score
Cage of Roses scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2993720/cage-of-rosesReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.