LOST SPHEAR
Skip · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 8, under the fair line, at $49.99.
- Length
- 25.5h 54.6h to 100%
- Value
- $1.96/hr
- Reviews
- 59% of 216 positive
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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.
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How to read this
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About the game
A young man, who suffered a phenomenon that he had never seen, faces an ominous power that threatens the fabric of reality. Awaken the power of Memory to restore what was lost!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX460 / Radeon HD5750, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
45 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 93 percent. On the same math Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling ($19.99, scores 96) and FINAL FANTASY V ($17.99, scores 79) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about LOST SPHEAR
Steam's global achievement data puts about 10 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 25.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
Finishing takes 25.5 hours; clearing it takes 55, which is 2.1 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
The drop-off
62% start to 10% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
LOST SPHEAR is a traditional Japanese role-playing game developed by Tokyo RPG Factory and published by Square Enix. Released in 2018, the game was designed as a spiritual continuation of the studio's philosophy of recreating the atmosphere of classic JRPGs from the 1990s. Built with deliberate inspiration from genre classics like Chrono Trigger and early Final Fantasy titles, LOST SPHEAR attempts to capture the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Lost Sphear is a traditional JRPG from Tokyo RPG Factory that aims to evoke the tone and structure of classic 16-bit era adventures. The story follows a group of young heroes trying to restore parts of the world that have mysteriously vanished, establishing an early sense of mystery and urgency. The narrative is straightforward and relies on familiar themes such as memory, loss, and responsibility. Combat uses an...
Very boring. Annoying combat. Too much text. Get Sea of Stars instead of this snoozefest.
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Cite this score
LOST SPHEAR scores 8/100 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/525240/lost-sphearReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.