EARTHLOCK
Skip · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 22.1h 33.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.36/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 600 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
Earthlock is an indie developed, adventure RPG inspired by the classic 3D RPGs of the late 90's, with a fresh take on turn based combat and character progression.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 10 GPU with 1GB of memory, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
75 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 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 47 percent on value. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Monster Sanctuary ($19.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Torment: Tides of Numenera ($34.99, scores 27).
More about EARTHLOCK
Steam's global achievement data puts about 5 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 22.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
The drop-off
47% start to 5% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
I never dreamt to be a stategist on my life but this game almost made me do. Bought at insane 90% discount in 2023 and directly played it through but about 65% progress I lost interest and abandoned it. After becoming Achievement Hunter, I determined to clear the game and succeded with mixed feeling actually. because : Con : No maps in all dugeons and world map. You have to survive and prepare for surpised...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I really enjoyed playing this game. It has an interesting plot and cool characters. I'd love to play something similar, but I haven't found anything like it yet.
Some RPGs are really aggressive about not telling you how some of the fundamental mechanics work. This is one of them. Some abilities have icons that say they're magic + physical + some kind of magic + some kind of physical. Which stat do they scale off of? Which enemies take extra damage? Which enemies take less? Which damage type takes priority? You'll never know. This game won't tell you. There is no information...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
EARTHLOCK 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/761030/earthlockReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.