Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Fair · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $5.24, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Aug 2021. Buy it now if you want it.
- Length
- 4.9h 17.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.07/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 438 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 75% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, DirectX10 or OpenGL 3.2 Compatible GPU, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
57 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 55 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $5.24 at 75 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
On value it sits in the top 42 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats The Red Lantern ($2.49, scores 51).
More about Ambition: A Minuet in Power
75 from critics against 85 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
None of the 331 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to July 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 4.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 18, 3.6 times as much.
The drop-off
76% start to 29% 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
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 15, 02:52 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Ambition: A Minuet in Power is a visual novel set in revolutionary France. You play as Yvette Decaux, a young woman from the country who has just moved to Paris to live with her fiancé. When she arrives, she finds that her fiancé has disappeared and she has been thrust into a world of political intrigue and scheming. The choices you make will determine Yvette's survival and the outcome of the revolution. The...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Game just kind of ends after a certain point. Would've been nice if it were longer. Not really worth the price point. Good attempt. Still, being able to contribute to crushing the peasant rabble was enjoyable.
I was so excited to play this game and told all my friends about how I'd be playing as a "well-respected 18th century French lady before the revolution" over the weekend, but the game wasn't what I hoped for, and it didn't make up for that in any regard. NOT recommended for: • People who think the art on Steam looks nice. The art doesn't look like this. In fact, that dark-haired character in the banner isn't even in...
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Cite this score
Ambition: A Minuet in Power scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/949200/ambition-a-minuet-in-powerReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.