Despotism 3k
Skip · Roguelike · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 44, under the fair line, at $7.99.
- Length
- 3.5h
- Value
- $2.28/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!
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 $2.39, set in October 2021. 78 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 55 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator ($19.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 ($14.99, scores 21).
5 of the 451 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 258 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 3.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 51, 15 times as much.
The drop-off
70% start to 4% 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
12 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 17:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A big no. I was cautious because of the bad reviews and I must say they are right. Nice concept idea & fun art style in what is maybe the most unbalanced gameplay system I've seen in many years. This a not a game about planification and management, it's a kind of timed puzzle that only has one way of solving - while being plagued by an avalanche of RNG based event that'll (perhaps) make or (surely) break your run...
Like many similar rogue-like games this one has that particular trait I personally find very tiresome and anti-fun - precise methods for achieving victory/progress which you have to either painstakingly find on your own through a lot of "trial & error" or by looking up the cheat sheets in some guides. Some games manage to turn their "trial & error" routine into a fun process where you don't regret spending time on...
whatever when i play this game only feelin angry it is really one of trash in my account
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Despotism 3k scores 44/100 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/699920/despotism-3kReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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