Verdant Skies
Fair · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 16h 20.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.25/hr
- Reviews
- 79% of 420 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
Verdant Skies is a life simulation game born from a love for games like Harvest Moon and a desire to create something unique with modern gameplay and deep storytelling. Ensure the success of the colony as you make friends and pursue romance with a diverse cast of characters.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $4.99. That was October 2019. It has been discounted 44 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 60 percent, about 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dinkum ($19.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Hokko Life ($19.99, scores 16).
More about Verdant Skies
Steam's global achievement data puts 55 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
The drop-off
88% start to 55% 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
What players say
I SMASHED this game in like 3 days. Some of the mechanics are confusing at first but then you realize it's a lot easier than you think. My only criticism is that some of the controls are a little stiff and before you get the speed upgrade you walk infuriatingly slow. That being said I literally couldn't put this down for three days straight
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Writing a long overdue review, thank the developer for it as I just saw they gave an update enabling steam deck support which im massively in favour of! I played Verdant Skies quite some time ago, and even on a previous PC ago, and have to say it was exceptionally charming. Characters that are engaging and don't feel cookie cutter, some gorgeous art, and it really scratched the itch between cozy chill progression...
I've definitely given Verdant Skies a fair chance, but overall it just felt like playing it was a chore. I actually bought this title forever ago when it was first hitting the scene around 2017. For years, I went on and off attempting to play it, but I just could never get it to grow on me. I finally forced myself to sink in a bunch of hours to try and make it work, but in the end, I still left feeling disappointed...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Verdant Skies scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/730050/verdant-skiesReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.