Purgatory
Skip · RPG · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 7, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 3h 6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.66/hr
- Reviews
- 59% of 279 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
Most stories end with the death of the protagonist. For Xzus, death is where things started to get really interesting...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512MB Dedicated Graphics, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 78 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 51 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 88 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, StarMade ($14.99, scores 15) beats it on value, while it beats Han Xiongnu Wars ($6.99, scores 5).
More about Purgatory
3 hours to finish it, 6 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.0 times the campaign.
What players say
I have no idea why the reviews for this game are mixed. Purgatory is a turn based RPG with a skill tree system, a decent amount of enemy types, great music, a compelling story, and a decent amount of levels. You cannot do much better on steam for 99 cents. The main issues that people seem to have with this game is the balancing, the shortness of the game, grinding, and the lack of enemy types. First of all, the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
I thought about liking this game anyways just to offset the like-dislike ratio a bit, but this game honestly isn't good enough to warrant that. The art and gameplay are slightly reminiscent of the Heroes of might and magic games which is why i bought this, however, it is far inferior to those classics. It only costs a dollar, so if you are curious then perhaps it is worth buying regardless. The biggest problem I...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Purgatory scores 7/100 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/473470/purgatoryReviews 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.