Excellent writing and emotional story
Mentioned in ~4 in 5 positive reviews
“I don't know if I have ever experienced a story so well told, and consistently excellent as this.”
Steam review · 56.5 h played ↗
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%DON'T NOD2024Action RPG · Horror · RPG
−70%$49.99$14.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A story-driven ghost-hunting action RPG with excellent writing, morally gray cases and strong voice acting, held back by repetitive combat and tedious backtracking. Skip it if you want tight combat.
Great for
Story-first players who love morally gray choices, atmosphere and character drama, and can tolerate average combat
Main risk
Repetitive combat and long corridor backtracking make the 40+ hours feel like a slog
What players love
Beautiful, atmospheric world
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The game is beautiful. Like walking through naturalistic paintings.”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗
Memorable leads and great voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the best written couple in games”
Steam review · 46.5 h played ↗
Morally gray haunting cases
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The hauntings were true moral dilemmas for the most part”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗
Character switching adds combat flavor
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Switching between Red and Antea in combat was seamless and fun.”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive combat, little enemy variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Enemy variety is non-existant and fights last way too long due to super high enemy health.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Modern social themes feel forced
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“switching up traditional gender roles, most men are weak and pathetic while most women are badass, hard working and in charge occupying most leadership roles”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Corridor levels and slow traversal
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's a shimulator. You shimmy across the world to traverse.”
Steam review · 25.6 h played ↗
Tedious backtracking, limited fast travel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“You can only fast travel at camp sites, which a far and few between.”
Steam review · 23.2 h played ↗
Crashes and technical problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“this game crashes without fail during every play session”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Confusing map and navigation
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“no minimap so you have to continuously flick in and out of the menu”
Steam review · 34.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support52 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8300 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 580
Storage52 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory16 GB RAM
Graphics6 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Storage52 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8300 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 580
Storage52 GB available space
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