Bad North: Jotunn Edition
Worth it · Roguelike · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99.
- Length
- 6.2h
- Value
- $2.42/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 480M, Radeon HD 6790 or equivalent, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in September 2023. 76 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Minimalist Tower Defense ($3.74, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ($6.99, scores 67).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 18 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2021 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 952 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic); the score docks it lightly for that.
HowLongToBeat players log 6.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 22, 3.5 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 6.2 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
94% start to 5% 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
Players
84 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 19:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Excellent little team defense game. Few options to customize your team. Simple but satisfying. I beat this a couple years ago and still think about it. Not too hard to 100% it.
Very cool simple game to relax after work. And as an illustrator myself, I must say graphics and sound effects are well made, with taste!
Enjoyable, but ultimately a nothing burger of a game. Like the whole thing is a demo for a fully fleshed out game.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Bad North: Jotunn Edition scores 79/100 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/688420/bad-north-jotunn-editionReviews 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 17, price as of Oct 1.
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