Dragon Fin Soup

Dragon Fin Soup

Skip · Roguelike · 2015

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 4, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Length
28h
Value
$0.71/hr
Reviews
57% of 292 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2846 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

Holding it back
Reviews57% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 59% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach35K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$0.71/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 17 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

Dragon Fin Soup seamlessly blends genres to create a fresh experience: half story-driven tactical RPG and half high-stakes roguelike, with a pinch of crass humor and a heaping helping of murder & madness set in a procedurally generated fantasy world.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Video Card: 512 MB, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 14 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 4 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 407 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 96 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Crypt of the NecroDancer ($14.99, scores 88) and The Last Flame ($19.99, scores 62) both outscore it.

What players say

First, let me address some of the issues that people bring up. It's turn-based like old rogue games. Each time you move or attack, the enemies move or attack. You fight in the cardinal directions, so you need to be smart about your positioning. All of this is as-designed. Making this a real-time game would make it a different game. If you're looking for something real-time, then you'd need to look for a different...
doctorsleemRecommendedafter 3.5h64 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
loved this game on the ps4. its definitely much more difficult on pc but worth the challenge.
bethandstevoRecommendedafter 3.3hJul 2024Read on Steam
Idea is good, the implementation is not. Pros: + pleasent graphics and animation; + humor in dialogs; Cons: - repetitive boring music; - repetitive boring gameplay: fishing, digging, crafting and at some point fighting are not enjoyable anymore; - weird mechanic: lucky dodges, stats which doesn't tell/explain anything, all same weapons/gear; - poor UI, game is targeting too many platforms and as always PC version...
SinatrNot recommendedafter 6.3h50 found this helpfulRead 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).

Cite this score

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Dragon Fin Soup scores 4/100 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/299600/dragon-fin-soup
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Tags

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Details

DeveloperGrimm Bros, LLC
PublisherGrimm Bros, LLC
GenreRoguelike
Released2015
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate