Draugen
Skip · Narrative · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 3h
- Value
- $6.66/hr
- Reviews
- 74% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 670/AMD HD 7870 2GB VRAM, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
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 March 2025. It has been discounted 40 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter ($19.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Dear Esther: Landmark Edition ($9.99, scores 28).
Steam's global achievement data puts 66 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 609 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 101 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
91% start to 66% 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 really wanted to like this game and there were a lot of things that made me think I would - but the sidekick character was absolutely intolerable to me. Just game-ruiningly irritating. I don't think it would have bugged me if I could have selected a different language for the audio (which is not to say it's the voice actor's fault; I'm sure they were following the directions they were given) as the voice acting...
Despite a fairly strong first impression, the game ultimately fails to deliver on its promise. The writing is awkward, the voice acting feels off, exposition is handled without much finesse, and the plot has more holes than an old Norwegian country road. I enjoy a good walking simulator, but this isn't it. The music is pretty decent, though, and the visual presentation can be quite striking at times, even if the...
I wouldn't NOT recommend this game. It was by no means bad. Just honestly a bit lack luster in my opinion. If you are wanting a super short, atmospheric, and semi-interesting story based game, then absolutely give it a shot. I would never pay full price for this however, as it really only took me 4 hours to complete if that
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Cite this score
Draugen scores 29/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/770390/draugenReviews 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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