The Iron Oath
Skip · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 42, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 17.7h
- Value
- $1.41/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 40% ($14.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 50% ($12.49)
- Last discount ended
- 8 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 6870, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
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 $12.49, set in April 2026. Its cuts run 30 percent off as a rule. There have been 29 in the 4 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 8 days ago.
It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Those Who Rule ($17.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Ash of Gods: Redemption ($24.99, scores 35).
This site sampled 482 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2022 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 707 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 33 have a larger share.
The drop-off
46% start to <1% 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
This is a game you are going to want to really like. If I could give a "meh" instead of a negative or positive recommendation I would. Pros: scratches the itch for turn based dungeon crawler/merc band. classes play different with a modest amount of build craft. has an economy system for you entrepreneurs (nothing too in depth but enough) graphics are pretty cool Cons: combat becomes a slog and far too repetitive...
The Story rich tag is a flagrant lie, your merry troupe never gets to the bottom of why anything is happening in this world aside from resolving your personal squabble tied to the campaign. No opportunity to confront the interdimensional dragon either. The game feels really unfinished which is a shame because the turn based combat and tactics on offer were very compelling. In the end i was left hungering for more...
The game feels unfinished, and the more I play, the more I want more from it. You can easily max out your troops well before the end of the campaign, and the challenge falls through the floor. I'm just trying to finish the rest of the achievements at this point, but I would have stopped playing 40 hours ago. It's not a bad game, but it does feel like an abandoned project.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Iron Oath scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/699330/the-iron-oathReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 2.
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