Avencast: Rise of the Mage
Skip · Roguelike · 2010
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 12.7h 17.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.39/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 724 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 378 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
Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, GeForce FX 5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9700 or better, 4.4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 96 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 54 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Children of Morta ($21.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Dungeons of Edera ($14.99, scores 19).
What players say
This is such a blast from the past. Every 5 years or so I randomly go back to this game and replay it. It's one of those 10/10 amongst the average titles of the past. It was close to being one of the big titles of forever. Yet like many other games at the time of great experimentation and creativity, it missed some marks and sadly fell into obscurity throughout the years. The game even has a Fame (highscore) system...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Avencast: Rise of the Mage scores 22/100 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/46410/avencast-rise-of-the-mageReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.