Depth of Extinction
Skip · Roguelike · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 34, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 15h 30.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.00/hr
- Reviews
- 75% of 209 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Graphics: 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory, 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
58 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 67 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 73 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. The Last Spell ($6.24, scores 78) and Shogun Showdown ($14.99, scores 83) both outscore it.
More about Depth of Extinction
HowLongToBeat players log 15 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 30, 2.0 times as much.
The drop-off
77% start to 2% rarestNo 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
The game has tactical shooting combat with procedural map generation. The submarine itself does not feature in the combat, but can get healed or damaged via the random nodes on the map. I think the setting spoke to me which led me to purchase it, but the story is a weak point. I like roguelike and roguelite games, if you do this is a nice one to pad out your library. It is competently made.
2 more reviews
Nice small tactical squad game with most of what you'd expect: character classes, experience, gear, turn-based combat, cover, overwatch... The game doesn't really do anything particularly new and battles can start feeling repetitive, but it works, it has a cool setting (post apocalyptic flooded world) and some neat set-pieces (sub to sub boarding, floating platforms). I enjoyed going through the campaign, taking the...
if XCOM combat and FTL exploration had a roguelike baby this would be the ugly charming one. DoE is what would happen if humanity would be driven to live under the sea like little crabs that fight each other for survival with a rogue AI and crazy cultists thrown into the mix. The story is average but the music and spritework is nice. The combat missions and environments get really repetitive, really fast but the...
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Cite this score
Depth of Extinction scores 34/100 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/636320/depth-of-extinctionReviews 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 Sep 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.