The Legend of Dark Witch
Skip · Action · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $6.99.
- Length
- 3.7h 14.9h to 100%
- Value
- $1.89/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 262 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
-A magical world beautifully depicted through in-game graphics. -Diverse levels that provide a fair challenge. -Additional bonuses that reward those who replay the game. -3 difficulty modes.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 63 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 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 42 percent of the games it competes with. On the same math Kaze and the Wild Masks ($9.99, scores 74) and Iconoclasts ($19.99, scores 59) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about The Legend of Dark Witch
Steam's global achievement data puts about 11 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
Finishing takes 3.7 hours; clearing it takes 15, which is 4.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
11% start to 11% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
I played this game on the 3DS and enjoyed it very much! The gameplay is like a mix between a MegaMan style action platforming with Gradius-like upgrades to make you more powerful. These features work well together, and provide a very nice gameplay experience. It has great music, cute characters, fun gameplay, and has a rewarding level of challenge, especially for the bosses. The HD upgrades for the Steam release are...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Megaman gameplay with Gradius style upgrades mid stages make for a really neat game filled with cool secrets, super charming early 2000s era doujinsoft key art / spritework , and awesome music by RAITO of Melty Blood fame. It's really not perfect, if you died to a boss and lost your dammage upgrades you're boned, the little hidden collectible seigas can suck to track down for upgrades and bonus stuff , and as cool...
I wanted to like this game, but I can't. By now you already know that the game is like a hybrid between the mechanics of Gradius and Mega Man. Sounds good, but it is a terrible idea in practice. The game feels like its own mechanics constantly go against fun - remember having a separate energy bar for every new weapon in Mega Man so you could experiment freely without hassle? Well, too bad, because this game...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Legend of Dark Witch scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/420770/the-legend-of-dark-witchReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.