The Dwarves
Skip · RPG · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 8.6h
- Value
- $4.65/hr
- Reviews
- 74% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GTX660 / Radeon 7870 / 2GB, 25 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
A few heroes are facing hundreds of foes – are you even able to lead the coolest fantasy people to victory against the dark hordes? Explore a vast world, fight tactical real-time battles, and experience the fantastic story based on the bestseller "The Dwarves".
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $3.99. That was August 2023. 67 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre. Dungeon Siege II ($6.99, scores 50) outscores it, and so does Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura ($5.99, scores 80). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
61 from critics against 74 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 8.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 1 of the 406 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 108 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
At 8.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
80% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On an 8.6-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
What players say
The Combat is just a horrible bugged mess that would suffice for an early beta at best and the story is abridged in a way it barely resembles the book it is based on.
The games story is well written, however i find the combat and most events to be extremely buggy to the point where they just stop working meaning u have to reload old saves or members of your party just dont respond in combat causing u to fail and redo it all over and over again. overall i found despite the rich story telling that the flaws with events and the janky gameplay ruins the entire experiance
The Dwarves is a charming little fantasy romp that plays similar to a table of DnD. While the combat is a bit weird like baldurs gate and dynasty warriors had a disfigured child the overall charm wins over. If anything this has convinced me the books might be worth a look in the future. 6.5/10.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Dwarves scores 25/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/403970/the-dwarvesReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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