Tales of Symphonia
Worth it · RPG · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.43/hr
- Reviews▼
- 85% of 5,221
- Genre rank
- Top 5% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 46.6h
- To 100%
- 189.8h 4.1x the story
- Achievements
- 39
Price and sales
- Sales
- 71 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $4.99 December 2016
- Sale every
- 49d last June 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 26 now
- Cheaper than
- 10% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 87% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
72% start to 1% 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
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in December 2016. 71 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 5 percent. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen ($29.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Evoland 2 ($19.99, scores 68).
More about Tales of Symphonia
Of the 562 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 616 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 46.6 hours; clearing it takes 190, which is 4.1 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
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
My absolute favorite game of all time. I played this back on its initial release on the Nintendo Gamecube when I was much younger, and its storyline was unbelievably formative for me. While I have heard of a number of bugs on the Steam version, I cannot recommend this game enough. If possible, I recommend playing it on another system but, since this goes on sale extremely regularly, I find owning it on Steam to be a...
2 more reviews
Mid port of a fantastic 2003/2004 JRPG just got turned fantastic and the most definitive way to experience this classic. All thanks to the fans. Great game, I think everyone should experience one of the greatest Gamecube titles from back in the day.
had the original on gamecube. its a great game with characters that are actually likeable. also you can play with friends in combat, they can control the other characters
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
FIRST TIME ON STEAM – Based on the PlayStation®3 port of the original GameCube game, this RPG classic is finally available for PC.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 4830, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tales of Symphonia scores 71/100 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/372360/tales-of-symphoniaReviews 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 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.