Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

Fair · RPG · 2019

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$29.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$5.9980% offWorth it

Cost per hour▼
$2.94/hr
Reviews▼
89% of 14,411
Critics
81 players 8 higher
Genre rank
Top 13% RPG

Holding it back: Recent reviews, Cost per hour

Why
It needs 50% off ($15.07) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.

Recent reviews trending down: 77% over the last 30 days against 89% all-time.

Watch this gameOne alert at $5.99 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
10.2h
To 100%
15.6h 1.5x the story
Achievements
39

Price and sales

Sales
70 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$5.99 March 2025
Sale every
33d last October 2026
Lowest now $5.99 at GOGall-time low $2.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
112 now
Recent reviews
77% 30 days
Cheaper than
5% of its genre
Better reviewed
92% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

83% start to 6% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

70 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 13 percent. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Trine 2: Complete Story ($19.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power ($21.99, scores 12).

More about Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

The press gave it 81; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. An 8-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Players rate it 89 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 77 percent. Something recent has soured the room. Of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2023 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 1,085 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 10.2 hours it is short enough to finish on one.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 9 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

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.94/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
Recent reviews77% (30 days)
Trending down vs lifetime, a small dip
For context
Refunds6 of 799 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

What players say

A Fantastic Return to What Made the Series Great I fell in love with this series after playing Trine 2 , and Trine 4 absolutely delivered! It brings back the classic 2.5D style that makes these games so special. The Best Parts: [*] Graphics: Stunning visuals that look like a living fairytale painting. [*] Music: Beautiful, atmospheric soundtrack from start to finish. [*] Puzzles: Clever, rewarding, and fun to solve...
WRAITH SURGERecommendedafter 8.6h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
So, I played 1 and 2 and that is why I wanted to play 4. The game is beautiful and runs well on my 12 year old I7-4770K, 16GB 2400 MHz Ram and RTX2070 SOC with all video settings at maximum. keyboard commands are only semi-configurable. I will recommend the game if you are going to play in an easier mode than Hard. If you are a savant, congratulations, I have seen one on youtube, this issue won't bother you and you...
GRIMRecommendedafter 15h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
The ultimate co-op experience for parents and kids! Trine 4 is a super fun platformer with gorgeous, fairy-tale visuals. Honestly, playing it solo would probably feel a bit too easy and casual for an adult, but playing in co-op with my 10-year-old daughter? It's an absolute bullseye. The puzzles and pacing are just right for playing together. If you're looking for a great game to share and pass the time with your...
motodjeenRecommendedafter 2.1hAug 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

A physics-based puzzle platformer in breathtaking 2.5D. A haunted prince's nightmares are leaking into the waking world — chase him down as wizard, knight and thief, solving puzzles of fire, water, light, magnets, electricity and more. Play solo or with up to three friends, online or in local co-op.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 5700, 16 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/690640/trine-4-the-nightmare-prince
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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 Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+8
Critics81
Players89
Metacritic critics · 14,411 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperFrozenbyte
PublisherFrozenbyte
GenreRPG
Released2019
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements39