Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Fair · Roguelike · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $29.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 12.3h
- Value
- $2.44/hr
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Open GL 3.2+ Compliant, 3.4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
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
It has never been cheaper than $2.99. That was August 2024. 73 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 30 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 64 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Darkest Dungeon® ($24.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager ($3.99, scores 47).
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 485 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 12.3 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 41, 3.3 times as much.
The drop-off
89% start to 27% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
31 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 13:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This is like the 'evil' version of Darkest Dungeon. It's a nice switch of perspective and makes for some fun sessions playing 'the bad guy'. Other than that, Iratus follows the basic formula of Darkest Dungeon very closely. Which is not a bad thing. The graphics are decent, it runs well on my Asus ROG Ally (even in native 4K) and the voice acting is fun and inspired. Yes, the voice lines do become a bit repetitive...
Very fun for a couple playthroughs. Gets repetitive once you figure it out, but really pleasant for a few hours. Nice graphics and decent sound in general. Definitely not worth the full price, though--wait for a sale if you want to get it.
I really like the squad-building aspect of Iratus, creating and levelling up your forces, as well as the time spent between fights upgrading Iratus and the other minions. I'm less interested with the length of the combat encounters themselves, and coupled with the long-term scale of the game, makes every run slightly too arduous for my tastes. Moreover, the roguelike loop is less satisfying than quicker paced games...
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Cite this score
Iratus: Lord of the Dead scores 66/100 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/807120/iratus-lord-of-the-deadReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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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