Fairy Fencer F

Fairy Fencer F

Worth it · RPG · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it at $9.99. Typically $5.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hourS
$0.41/hr
ReviewsA
89% of 2,377
Critics
66 players 23 higher
Genre rank
Top 2% RPG
Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
24.6h
To 100%
56.9h 2.3x the story
Finish
17% reach the ending
Achievements
29

Price and sales

Sales
67 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$2.99 December 2017
Sale every
56d last October 2026
Lowest now $5.99 at Fanaticalall-time low $0.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
38% of its genre
Better reviewed
93% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

80% start to 17% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 67 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Fuga: Melodies of Steel ($19.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Ikenfell ($19.99, scores 74).

More about Fairy Fencer F

Critics scored it 66. Players sit 23 points higher at 89 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 17 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 24.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 194 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.

24.6 hours to finish it, 57 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. 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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.41/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement17% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 174 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

What players say

Fairy Fencer F is a lighthearted JRPG that leans into anime comedy, colorful character banter, and a simple-but-addictive loop of exploring dungeons, collecting power-ups, and watching your party grow stronger. It doesn't try to be a massive open-world epic; instead, it feels like a compact adventure that keeps moving, with frequent scenes and jokes between battles. If you like JRPGs that don't take themselves too...
DanRecommendedafter 2.3hDec 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
found this game cuz the person i always used to hang out with used ethel as her vrchat avatar. i already liked her for her character design, but playing the game only made me love the character even more. she's definitely 1 of my top waifus. just wish this game was more popular, there's not enough art of her. not a fan of how the story resets every time you beat the final boss, but it's definitely unique and nothing...
CodyCoyote2006Recommendedafter 199hNov 2025Read on Steam
I really enjoy this game. I like the story, characters, and the turn-based combat. It doesn't take that long to beat the game - ignore my long playtime. That being said, I wouldn't recommend the game. It's engine is outdated and it crashes somewhat often. Running as admin and running it in compatibility mode does help. (Thank you poster.) However, you'll still get the crash on occasion. Grinding is a feature in this...
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 43h3 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

About the game

Long ago, the Vile God and the Goddess waged war with each other. Equally matched, they were sealed away in another world… Now a lazy young man named Fang somehow finds himself a key part of this war he’d really rather not deal with, but fate beckons in this uncommon RPG!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 512Mb RAM and support for v3 shaders, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Fairy Fencer F scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/347830/fairy-fencer-f
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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 Oct 19, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+23
Critics66
Players89
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 2,377 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperIdea Factory
PublisherIdea Factory International
GenreRPG
Released2015
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements29