EARTH'S DAWN
Skip · Action · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $3.99.
- Length
- 14.2h 23h to 100%
- Value
- $0.28/hr
- Reviews
- 73% 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
Earth’s Dawn is looming and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance! Dive into frantic side-scrolling combat and take the fight to the alien horde before destroying hulking bosses!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 / Direct X 11 supported graphics card w/ shader model 5.0., 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
62 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, They Bleed Pixels ($2.49, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Sacred Citadel ($9.99, scores 17).
More about EARTH'S DAWN
Steam's global achievement data puts 67 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
67% start to 67% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
just like Muramasa and Odin Sphere but this one was sci fi version SONY/ATLUS please release Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and Dragon's Crown Pro on pc
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I got this game on sale-- I think I paid about a dollar for it, give or take. With the understanding that it used to be sold for a LOT more when it came out, I think it's current price is more appropriate. I might have even been inclined to pay a few dollars more, because it was way better than I ever expected it to be. The best features of Earth's Dawn are its art and its combat. The art speaks for itself-- the...
Stiff controls mar what could have been an interesting grind-focus action RPG. Unresponsive, often limited by animations similar to popular current-day genres, you fight the controls just as often as the enemies. In addition, there is no i-frame for being struck, nor can you do anything to dodge / cancel out of being struck. Once you are struck, you are stuck, leading to being juggled or chain-damaged by enemies. It...
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Cite this score
EARTH'S DAWN scores 37/100 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/494600/earth-s-dawnReviews 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.