Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery

Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery

Skip · Narrative · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a fair price before.

Today

$14.99Skip

On its price record

$8.44Fair

Length
2.7h 2.9h to 100%
Value
$5.55/hr
Reviews
81% of 216 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.44 or less.

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

Raising the score
Engagement60% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$5.55/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews81% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 79% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 86 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

About the game

Stop a terrible curse!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB VRAM, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

71 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 70 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 pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 67 percent. Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek ($14.99, scores 52) outscores it, and so does Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden ($14.99, scores 57). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery

Steam's global achievement data puts 60 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 60% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam 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

Corny, slow-talking old lady saves the day Good old game - fun, but filled with far too much match-3 in the form of crafting alchemy potions. Once you see how much match-3 there is, it gets boring fast. To be fair though, it has a decent story and some ok puzzles. The hidden object scenes are a bit too easy though, and we could have had more of these instead of annoying alchemy games. Love the art, I always enjoy...
§єǫuєᴋʜaɴ ⚶⛧♆Recommendedafter 3.7hMay 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
It's a casual HOG alright, almost a children's level fairy tale story. Some of the puzzles are unusual and creative, not seen in other games. But the sheer number of games becomes irritating. Want to descend a well? do a game at 20%, 40% progress etc. By its technical merits it's well done, which is why I'll give it a thumbs up. But for overall feel, I give it a grade of "C-" for being unspeakably dull. Like...
...Recommendedafter 2.6hAug 2024Read on Steam
Lost Grimoires 2 was a good game. Good story, interesting puzzles. Fun hidden object scenes. I think my only compliant with the game was that the story ends on a cliffhanger that never gets continued.
WileyRecommendedafter 3.8hJun 2024Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery scores 44/100 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/574270/lost-grimoires-2-shard-of-mystery
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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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperWorld-Loom
PublisherArtifex Mundi
GenreNarrative
Released2017
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements12