Ys SEVEN

Ys SEVEN

Worth it · RPG · 2017

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $24.99.

Length
21.7h
Value
$1.15/hr
Reviews
91% positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
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Length
21.7h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
37.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.15
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$24.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
91%
1,051 reviews, as of Sep 27
Metacritic
80
critic score
Players
35K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2017

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 1280x720 Intel HD Graphics 4400, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

Experience the first “modern-era” Ys game, now off the small screen for its worldwide PC debut! Features a full party system, dozens of unique combat skills, and a massive overworld to explore. Uncover the secret of the Five Great Dragons, and help Adol Christin save the day once again!
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$1.15/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews91% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement39% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
For context
Length22 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach35K+ 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
Refunds0 of 354 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

June 2018 is where it bottomed out, at $14.99. It has been discounted 55 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales.

On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ($49.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen ($29.99, scores 76).

Critics scored it 80. Players sit 11 points higher at 91 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Steam's global achievement data puts 39 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 354 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2020 to September 2026.

The drop-off

48% start to 39% 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

Players

8 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 02:49 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Playing this after the Napishtim engine games I just can't bring myself to like it.
SoranoNot recommendedafter 6.1hJun 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Ys SEVEN scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/587100/ys-seven
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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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Critics vs players+11
Critics
80
Players
91
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 1,051 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperNihon Falcom
PublisherXSEED Games
GenreRPG
Released2017
Achievements21