Gothic 1 Classic
Fair · RPG · 2001
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% off
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 18,403
- Critics
- 81 players 12 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 13% RPG
Holding it back: Cost per hour, est. length, Length unknown
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Price and sales
- Sales
- 83 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 September 2021
- Sale every
- 45d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 262 now
- Recent reviews
- 88% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 10% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 83 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 2 days ago.
Its score puts it in the top 13 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gothic II: Gold Edition ($19.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Risen 3 - Titan Lords ($14.99, scores 42).
More about Gothic 1 Classic
81 from critics against 93 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
16 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 2,382 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 2 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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical RPG game (about 8 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
About the game
War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 3D graphics card with 32 MB Ram, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Gothic 1 Classic scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. Length is estimated at 8 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/65540/gothic-1-classicReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.