Scythe: Digital Edition
Fair · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.3h
- Value
- $15.38/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 11 class GPU with 1024MB VRAM, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!
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 $3.99, set in September 2025. It has been discounted 58 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games closest to it, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition ($19.99, scores 28) and Card Hunter (free, scores 62) both come in lower.
Steam's global achievement data puts 43 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 500 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 48 percent of the 233 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 1.3 hours; clearing it takes 67, which is 52 times the campaign.
The drop-off
50% start to 43% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
47 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 01:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I like the different strategies to use with the different factions. Lots of variations.
After playing the board game, this is a great digital version that captures the game well! Seeing a little more customization would be kind of cool, but unnecessary for the game.
I like the boardgame. Just feels like it. Also, I uncovered that this helps learning the rules better.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Scythe: Digital Edition scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/718560/scythe-digital-editionReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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