Winds of Change

Winds of Change

Worth it · RPG · 2019

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $19.99, a BANGER if it drops to $11.22.

Length
12.1h 26.6h to 100%
Value
$1.65/hr
Reviews
95% of 591 positive
It needs 44% off ($11.22) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.22 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
Reviews95% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 93% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Value$1.65/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 319 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

Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Supports OpenGL 1.x or DirectX 9, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

Across all 62 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $11.22 BANGER line 35 times.

Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, THE LONGING ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Left on Read (free, scores 55).

More about Winds of Change

74 from critics against 95 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 319 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to July 2026.

Finishing takes 12.1 hours; clearing it takes 27, which is 2.2 times the campaign.

The drop-off

67% start to 20% 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

What players say

Of all of Klace's games to date, this is my current favorite. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, even though the plot is mostly linear, with some variations depending on your unique choices. The characters were fun to date as well, tho the dating element was quite tame for the most part, the characters were cute. Voice acting was good with an array of different personalities in there too. The artwork for the...
❀Hoshi-Musume❀Recommendedafter 45hJun 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
10/10 I went into this game expecting "Furry Visual Novel with Adventure RPG Elements." And while that wasn't entirely correct, I think the game satisfied all of those itches and went beyond them to be something more. Pros: - Story 9/10 - Voice Acting 10/10 - Art 8/10 - Music 12/10 (I'm sorry it's just so good) - Furry 10/10 - Romance 8/10 Cons: - No tree of good and bad endings; more like one good ending with a...
texadonRecommendedafter 30hMay 2026Read on Steam
Honestly, I don't see how this game received such outstanding positive reviews. Don't get me wrong, I took my time with it properly and I'd really love to like it. It's pretty, it's well voiced and it's certainly made with love. But the overall writing, the (seemingly) little impact of your given "choices" and the almost non-existent character development left me feeling rather frustrated. It didn't help that I took...
LoislNot recommendedafter 27hMay 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Winds of Change scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/594130/winds-of-change
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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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+21
Critics74
Players95
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 591 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperKlace
PublisherKlace
GenreRPG
Released2019
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements57