Elsinore
Worth it · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $6.86.
- Length
- 7.4h 20.9h to 100%
- Value
- $1.35/hr
- Reviews
- 96% of 382 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.86 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 1.6 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 34 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $6.86 BANGER line 17 times.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games closest to it, Beholder: Conductor ($13.99, scores 71) and Endling - Extinction is Forever ($29.99, scores 59) both come in lower.
More about Elsinore
Critics scored it 68. Players sit 28 points higher at 96 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
None of the 263 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 7.4 hours; clearing it takes 21, which is 2.8 times the campaign.
At 7.4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 10, 15:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This favorite of adaptation scholars and DEI advocates is vastly overrated, and it doesn't even seem to me that most of the above engage with it meaningfully. A masterpiece in writing? Ugh. Mass Effect 2 is a masterpiece in writing. This one doesn't even come close. Uninteresting dialogues with the psychological depth of a high-school play. Maybe a couple of lines gave me pause across a 16-hour play time. The game...
2 more reviews
i like that the more you play the more you learn about each character,how when you think you've got it figured out it throws you for a loop. I like the different endings. How I tried being nice at first then the madness o the repetition takes you to other place.
I would highly recommend this game, especially if you love time loop mechanics! I went into this game pretty blind-- I was introduced to it through the easter egg in Outer Wilds, a game I may love more than life itself, and thought, hmm, they sure put a lot of work into this easter egg, must be a pretty good game, right? And I am so glad I checked it out, oh my! It's got it all: time loops with insane amounts of...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Elsinore 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/512890/elsinoreReviews 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.