Risen
Worth it · RPG · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$3.7475% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.53/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 10,912
- Critics
- 77 players 12 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% RPG
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 28.5h
- To 100%
- 45.9h 1.6x the story
- Achievements
- 50
Price and sales
- Sales
- 92 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.71 June 2015
- Sale every
- 45d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 99 now
- Cheaper than
- 22% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
22% 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
Across all 92 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gothic II: Gold Edition ($19.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats ELEX II ($49.99, scores 32).
More about Risen
The press gave it 77; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.
3 of the 785 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 546 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
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
What players say
As a big fan of the original Gothic and Gothic II games, and a smaller fan of Gothic 3, as well as being a fan of both Elex and Elex 2, I was wanting to return to a vintage Piranha Bytes game after very much enjoying the Gothic Remake. For whatever reason I missed the Risen series and after only starting to play a bit this one before, I finally committed to playing it through. I enjoyed it. It had most of the same...
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I like to think that my love for this game is not just nostalgia, but I have to be honest, as there is certainly a degree of such feelings. Nevertheless, I've played it many times, pirated it at first of course, I was a kid. Now as an adult I still want and wanted to return to it, it is special. The gameplay, the logic of the world, the quests. Everything is just done with heart, and yeah it's another Ghotic 2...
Yeah, this is worth it. It does not hold your hand, so you will have to listen to quest givers as they explain what they need from you, and rumors do lead to treasure.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Risen scores 79/100 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/40300/risenReviews 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 8, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.