Great writing, story and companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“One of the biggest highlights for me was definitely the companions.”
Steam review · 191.7 h played ↗
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%Owlcat Games2018Party-Based RPG · CRPG · RPG
The verdict
A huge, deep, tabletop-faithful Pathfinder CRPG with excellent writing and companions, but punishing balance, hidden timers and a disliked kingdom system. Skip it if you want hand-holding or a casual pace.
Great for
Pathfinder/D&D fans who love deep builds, long stories and lots of reading, and don't mind guides or mods
Main risk
Opaque systems, hidden timers and unfair difficulty spikes can wreck a run or burn you out
What players love
Deep character building and Pathfinder rules
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the monstrously deep character progression. You can build literally anyone, from a classic paladin to a mad alchemist”
Steam review · 80.1 h played ↗
Alignment and meaningful choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“And I love, love the possibility to play as an evil dude. People react to your choices, and game changes.”
Steam review · 353.3 h played ↗
Faithful tabletop feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“closest thing to pen and paper RPG I've ever played.”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Huge content and good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“MOST content: 200+ hours to complete a single run. That's massive.”
Steam review · 232 h played ↗
Flexible combat: real-time or turn-based
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“It has a turn based mode to allow you to plan out each attack. At the same time it has a live action combat mode”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Brutal, unfair difficulty and RNG
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“every encounter is "do it perfect" or you die, that makes for a very boring game.”
Steam review · 32.1 h played ↗
Hidden timers and kingdom management frustrations
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I couldn't design a more tedious and cumbersome gameplay element even if I tried”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
Punishing, opaque systems and missable content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the game does not teach you how to manage your kingdom, meaning you can set yourself up for failure early in playthrough”
Steam review · 170.1 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and softlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“110 hours into a play though and have encountered a game breaking bug which means I am unable to complete the game.”
Steam review · 110.7 h played ↗
Endgame slog and House at the Edge of Time
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The infamous House at the Edge of Time. Left me with no choice but to quit the game.”
Steam review · 124.1 h played ↗
Slow pacing, tedious travel and resting
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“instead of playing you make camp again and again”
Steam review · translated · 15.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 3000
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsATI Radeon HD 5770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 3000
Storage30 GB available space
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