Raji: An Ancient Epic

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Skip · Action · 2020

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Under the fair line today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$24.99Skip

Typical seasonal cut

$6.2475% offFair

Cost per hour▼
$5.00/hr
Reviews▼
82% of 2,878
Critics
70 players 12 higher
Genre rank
Top 23% Action

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.24 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
5h
To 100%
6.3h 1.3x the story
Finish
18% reach the ending
Achievements
21

Price and sales

Sales
66 on record
Typical cut
66% off
Steam low
$6.24 March 2024
Sale every
32d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $4.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
4% of its genre
Better reviewed
86% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

73% start to 18% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

66 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 66 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 23 percent. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Jotun: Valhalla Edition ($1.49, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats Praey for the Gods ($29.99, scores 40).

More about Raji: An Ancient Epic

The press gave it 70; the people who bought it give it 82 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 18 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 601 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 411 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Engagement18% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Cost per hour$5.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 601 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Liked the game too much. this is the first time i played the game and completed in one game. But, never felt bored and enjoyed it one go. and will again play it.
souhardyo7Recommendedafter 5.5h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The only con I felt for the game were the language bits, hindi audio with nuanced voice acting( which was added later on) , while the gods sounded great in english, rest? not so much. Combat was just okay but for an indie title it was great and I stoked for Kaliyuga.
Thunder5truck!Recommendedafter 6.5h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
This game being their first foray into game development is a great achievement. I had bought this near launch and tried getting into it a couple times in the past but dropped it after playing just the first 30 mins to 1 hr or so both times. Then in the 3rd attempt i decided to hunker down and see it through. The game has some really good aspects -- mainly the World Design, Artwork, Music, Animations and story is...
thedarkguyrises2Not recommendedafter 6.8h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion of the human realm. Her destiny? To rescue her younger brother and face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon R9 270, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Raji: An Ancient Epic scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/730390/raji-an-ancient-epic
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Reviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+12
Critics70
Players82
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 2,878 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperNodding Heads Games
PublisherNodding Heads Games
GenreAction
Released2020
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements21