Driftland: The Magic Revival
Skip · Multiplayer · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 24.2h 42.3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.83/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 2,015 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, AMD Radeon 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce 770 or or equivalent DirectX 11 card, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 89 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 42 percent on value. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre. Medieval Kingdom Wars ($4.49, scores 39) outscores it, and so does Manor Lords ($25.99, scores 50). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Driftland: The Magic Revival
This site sampled 514 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 46 percent of the 233 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
59% start to 2% 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
In a category of their own Among the best Very good <- Good Fun Average Didn't like
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
First impressions are that it really hits a great compromise between indirect control, real-time strategy, and 4x components. It removes most of the tedious micromanagement you'd see in a 4x, both in terms of economy and combat... and lets you focus on the high-level mage fantasy. Really quite unique. Editing to say that 2 things really sour the experience: 1 - line of sight is short, and you can't do anything...
Although the game's concept, graphics, and soundtracks are good, the game falls short in its execution. It crashes regularly and doesn't save automatically. When I submitted bug reports, I never received a response. Overall, it seems the game has been abandoned.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Driftland: The Magic Revival scores 31/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/718650/driftland-the-magic-revivalReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.