Dolmen

Dolmen

Skip · RPG · 2022

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 7, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Length
12.6h 20.5h to 100%
Value
$1.59/hr
Reviews
60% of 478 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each 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

Raising the score
Engagement10% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$1.59/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews60% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 61% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds5 of 272 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

About the game

Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 860, 15 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 39 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 94 percent. On the same math Morbid: The Seven Acolytes ($24.99, scores 27) and Hellpoint ($34.99, scores 28) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about Dolmen

Steam's global achievement data puts about 10 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 12.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 272 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2022 to August 2026.

The drop-off

87% start to 10% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

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

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 2, 01:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Dolmen approaches the Souls-like action RPG formula from a distinctly science-fiction direction, replacing ruined kingdoms and gothic castles with hostile alien ecosystems, futuristic facilities, and cosmic mysteries. Developed by Massive Work Studio and published by Prime Matter, it sends players to Revion Prime, a dangerous planet connected to an unusual discovery involving crystals known as Dolmen. These crystals...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 11hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
I fInally got my hands on a source of Dolmen. Dolmen is an okay souls-ish game. It is a bit nicer in you just being able to farm and craft/mod gear instead of having to do something crazy esoteric puzzle to get a weapon. Managed to beat the first boss on my first try as well. Shoutout to Oboetwoshoes for making me in to a real Dol-maniac.
NovibearRecommendedafter 1.9hAug 2026Read on Steam
I watch a Youtuber that made his life goal to find more Dolmen like clones. Shout out to Oboe Shoes Games. Sure the combat is not perfect, it's a little stiff, your character doesn't switch from the gun to the melee fast enough. You can cheese enemies with the unlimited gun ammo, if you prefer to do so, it's an option. My Youtuber even made a guide on how to play the game and by that I mean on how to cheese the game...
SanicRecommendedafter 10hApr 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Dolmen scores 7/100 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/831050/dolmen
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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 Oct 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+5
Critics55
Players60
Metacritic critics · 478 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMassive Work Studio
PublisherPrime Matter
GenreRPG
Released2022
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements30