Griftlands
Worth it · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 66% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$6.7966% off
- Cost per hour
- $1.69/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 14,519
- Critics
- 84 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Roguelike
Holding it back: Recent reviews, Reach
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 77% over the last 30 days against 94% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.79 or less.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 11.8h
- To 100%
- 54.1h 4.6x the story
- Achievements
- 13
Price and sales
- Sales
- 43 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $5.99 September 2026
- Sale every
- 42d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 39 now
- Recent reviews
- 77% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 9% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
5% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 43 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games closest to it, Black Book ($24.99, scores 77) and Die in the Dungeon ($14.99, scores 75) both come in lower.
More about Griftlands
The press gave it 84; the people who bought it give it 94 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Players rate it 94 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 77 percent. Something recent has soured the room. 10 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2021 to October 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,176 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 965 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 793 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 11.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 54, 4.6 times as much.
At 11.8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
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
forget slay the spire 2 this game is absolutely incredible. great story, tons of features, so thoughtful and well executed. having both fighting and negotiation decks is such a clever idea. i love the art, i love the sound design, and i really love how every keyword and card and function can be hovered over and explained right in the UI. amazing game.
2 more reviews
Very interesting, unique turn-based game that's not found elsewhere. Pity that there's no DLC with new characters.
As I was playing this game, I kept having the thought, "Holy ****, this is a well-made game." The gameplay, character design, animations, and the writing are great, but more than that, there are so many little touches that enhance the experience. The conlang characters use to speak to one another, the little changes in animation after your character has had a drink, the subtle changes in dialogue between runs-this...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent), 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Griftlands scores 82/100 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/601840/griftlandsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.