Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

Worth it · RPG · 2017

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $19.99.

Length
20h 38.5h to 100%
Value
$1.00/hr
Reviews
92% of 763 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
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

Raising the score
Value$1.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews92% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 91% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 286 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

In a world where magic and technology exist side by side, vampire princess Alwen must reclaim her ancestral castle and her magic alongside her unlikely ally, treasure hunter Ragna Valentine. They may make for an odd pair, but when they combine their talents, the sky’s the limit!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, NVIDIA Quadro 600, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 20 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ($49.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Eastward ($24.99, scores 61).

More about Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

79 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 286 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 134 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

23% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
3 when we last checked, on Oct 1, 19:53 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection is an action RPG built around fast combat, lighthearted storytelling, and a dual-protagonist structure. It continues the spirit of its predecessor while shifting toward a more anime-driven presentation, using colorful environments and upbeat pacing to create an accessible adventure. The game's tone stays consistently energetic, matching the lively world design and character...
DanRecommendedafter 2.4hNov 2025Read on Steam
1 more review
Criminally underappreciated gem that's full of heart and charm. Plays like Ys games of the 2000s.
SublimeEddyRecommendedafter 2.8hJul 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/427700/zwei-the-ilvard-insurrection
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Reviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+13
Critics79
Players92
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 763 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperNihon Falcom
PublisherXSEED Games
GenreRPG
Released2017
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements23