Great story, writing and companions
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“this is what good crpg writing looks like.”
Steam review · 288.5 h played ↗
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Owlcat Games2021CRPG · Turn-Based Combat · RPG
The verdict
A huge, deeply customizable Pathfinder CRPG with excellent story and companions, but crunchy, combat-heavy and padded by the Crusade minigame. Skip it if you dislike heavy rules, prebuffing or lots of text.
Great for
Build-crafters and Pathfinder/CRPG fans who love deep systems, reading and replaying with different Mythic Paths
Main risk
Rules complexity, stat-inflated fights and Crusade tedium can turn it into a chore
What changed in the last 30 days
134 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly cite Crusade mode, stat-inflated encounters, prebuffing chores and verbose writing, plus some performance complaints. No single patch is clearly to blame, so low confidence.
134 recent reviews
What players love
Enormous build variety and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The sheer number of different builds you can create is insane, and it makes every playthrough feel fresh and exciting.”
Steam review · 680.5 h played ↗
Mythic Paths and high replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The replayability is enormous. You should experience the game at least once with every Mythic Path”
Steam review · 400 h played ↗
Meaningful choices and roleplaying
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You can choose anything from being evil to the point of killing practically anyone you dislike, to an archon of good”
Steam review · 274.9 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and value
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“it sells at an unreasonably low price for the amount of content you get”
Steam review · 917.7 h played ↗
Deep, challenging combat with flexible modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Swapping at will between real-time and turn-based combat is so enjoyable.”
Steam review · 123.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Tedious, padded combat and mandatory prebuffing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game is like a tedium simulator. It doesn't respect your time and 90% of the time played is doing boring mindless chores and trash encounters.”
Steam review · 145 h played ↗
Stat-inflated enemies and constant missing
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Miss Miss Miss Miss Hit (resisted) Miss Miss That's pretty much the entire game”
Steam review · 84.3 h played ↗
Crusade/army management is a tedious chore
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Was amazing up until the "Crusade Mode".”
Steam review · 158.3 h played ↗
Bugs and performance problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“My game keeps crashing (never had this problem before) and lagging.”
Steam review · 169.9 h played ↗
Overwhelming complexity and steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“a lot of time, I can't get past character creation due ot the heavy number of choices you are unconciously making at character creation.”
Steam review · 62.1 h played ↗
Overwritten, verbose or weak writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Characters dont talk, they monologue.. every single one, they go on for about 3 long paragraphs for things that could have been better said in two sentences.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 940M
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 940M
Storage50 GB available space
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