Gloomhaven
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.79. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 96h
- Value
- $0.10/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760, Radeon R9 280, or above, 14 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
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 $9.79, set in January 2026. It has been discounted 47 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Baldur's Gate 3 ($59.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Stolen Realm ($19.99, scores 51).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 40 percent of the 808 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
5 years after release, 531 people were playing it when we last checked, on Sep 27, 16:46 UTC.
The drop-off
45% start to <1% 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
Players
531 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 16:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Gloomhaven clearly has a lot of depth, and I can understand why people who enjoy complex tactical games love it. Unfortunately, the learning curve completely killed the experience for me. I spent around 8 hours in the game, but a large portion of that time was spent working through tutorials, learning the rules, understanding the cards, and trying to figure out how the systems interact. Even after giving it a...
Don't get this game. At one point is quite good, but they seem to have added a bunch of game-breaking bugs in their last couple of patches. And since the game isn't being supported they will never fix them now. A real shame. Once upon a time this game was a gem.
It's the boardgame, Pure and simple. Fun to play without all the setup and pick up time required to play the table top version
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Gloomhaven scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/780290/gloomhavenReviews 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 17, price as of Oct 1.
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