Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Worth it · RPG · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $29.99.
- Length
- 29.2h
- Value
- $1.03/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000 or equivalent with 1 GB VRAM, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in August 2023. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 69 in the 9 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 5 percent on value. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ ($29.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Dungeon Rushers ($2.99, scores 10).
Critics scored it 78. Players sit 9 points higher at 87 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 647 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 292 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 29.2 hours. Doing everything runs 72, 2.5 times as long.
The drop-off
88% start to 3% rarestNo 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
22 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 06:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Had it on the list for ages, started it, benched it, went back to it, stopped again, finally managed to push through it for the 30 some hours ride. The goods : - Game looks amazing and captures the vibe of a comic book - First part of the game, til about level 10 or so feels fresh and interesting and with a steady difficulty pace The Bads : - Some of the difficulty spikes out of nowhere makes the game a frustrating...
I remember when Joe Madureira started this comic book and then promptly messed up the release schedule and I don't think I ever read more than the first few issues. Hell, I don't even know if he ever made any additional issues, and it seems the game kind of glosses over the events of the comic as backstory and focuses on the main characters going on a quest to find out more about how magic works in their world...
It really pains me to not recommend it. The good : [*] lots of spells and perks for each character which make a good foundation for theorycrafting and team-building. [*] very nice polish all around, with features I didn't expect for a game of that scale. [*] game is pretty, sound is good. The bad : [*] Game difficulty swings from incredibly punishing early on to a walk in the park for most of the remaining...
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Cite this score
Battle Chasers: Nightwar scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/451020/battle-chasers-nightwarReviews 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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