SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition
Skip · RPG · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.48/hr
- Reviews▼
- 75% of 1,374
- Critics
- 80 players 5 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 25% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 31.2h
- To 100%
- 53.6h 1.7x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 88 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.49 June 2017
- Sale every
- 46d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 31 now
- Cheaper than
- 22% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 58% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 88 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 25 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, SpellForce - Platinum Edition ($9.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Kingdom Wars (free, scores 19).
More about SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition
2 of the 426 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 164 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
SpellForce 2: Anniversary Edition remains one of the more fascinating fantasy hybrids ever created because it refuses to commit entirely to a single genre. Instead of choosing between role-playing mechanics and real-time strategy gameplay, the game fully embraces both, resulting in an experience that feels expansive, ambitious, and surprisingly immersive even years after its original release. The Anniversary Edition...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game is sheer nostalgia for me. I played this more than a decade ago when I was in high school, and loved the RPG and the strategy, and the story telling, the myth, the magic, and character building. When I found this on Steam, I brought it on an impulse. But playing it has brought back many fond memories, as well as a renewed appreciation of the game. The graphics are dated, but very enjoyable. Sometimes, the...
jesus this is buns and it is so buggy - tried to patch via unofficial, following the guides but it did not work - anyway... that would not help it much. if you played the first game, theres a decent chance that you will not enjoy this one and upwards in the spellforce series.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition presents the award-winning SpellForce saga hits: "SpellForce 2 – Shadow Wars" and the add-on "SpellForce 2 – Dragon Storm" for a spectacular game experience!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card with shader model 3.0, 9 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/39550/spellforce-2-anniversary-editionReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.