Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Worth it · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.48/hr
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 20,166
- Critics
- 88
- Genre rank
- Top 3% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 41.7h
- To 100%
- 98.2h 2.4x the story
- Finish
- 18% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 55
Price and sales
- Sales
- 78 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $7.99 August 2026
- Sale every
- 35d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 227 now
- Cheaper than
- 10% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
61% start to 18% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
78 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 3 percent. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition ($19.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Tyranny ($29.99, scores 62).
More about Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Steam's global achievement data puts about 18 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 41.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 799 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2022 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 426 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 41.7 hours. Doing everything runs 98, 2.4 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
This game is hard to play. It is like reading an unfinished and poorly constructed essay about things you don't care about.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
FAr too many garbage mechanics, AI is a joke, pathfinding is a joke, just far to much frustration, and BS. Game has so much potential, but nah...
Better story than BG3, better worldbuilding too, and more beautiful environments.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 11 Compatible, 45 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire scores 79/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/560130/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfireReviews 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 Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.