Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

Fair · RPG · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $49.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
56.4h
Value
$0.89/hr
Reviews
80% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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Length
56.4h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
104.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$0.89
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$49.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
80%
1,465 reviews, as of Sep 27
Players
75K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2018

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 520, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.

Beneath a small town lies an endless maze known as the Labyrinth of Refrain. Dusk Witch Dronya arrives, and with her puppet soldiers, endeavors to find something buried deep within. Embark on an adventure as you discover the secrets underground.
Description from the Steam store page.

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

Raising the score
Value$0.89/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews80% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length56 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 517 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $9.99. That was October 2024. 56 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 65 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 12 percent on value. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 75 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dragon Cliff ($9.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Dungeon Rushers ($2.99, scores 10).

1 of the 517 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.

The drop-off

92% start to 17% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

21 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 07:50 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

I'm literally not autistic enough to enjoy this game. That is an extremely tall order. If you really like hyper specific micro optimizations to your 15 character party to squeeze out a mandatory 0.01% additional damage to make sure you're still performing at the level required for the next boss... You STILL MAY NOT BE AUTISTIC ENOUGH TO ENJOY THIS GAME. Listen, sit down, listen to me, These micro-optimizations are...
Anon YmousRecommendedafter 8.0hJul 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/566540/labyrinth-of-refrain-coven-of-dusk
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Reviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

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Details

DeveloperNippon Ichi Software, Inc.
PublisherNIS America, Inc.
GenreRPG
Released2018
Achievements57