Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

Steam Deck Verified

Crystal Dynamics · Action · Mar 3, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $12.49.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
701 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 111 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 53 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 701 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
73% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- The visual uplift to the characters is welcome as they look far sharper and closer the artwork that portrays them.
111 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Devs keep style over graphics, that's good
96 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is fun as ever, it's a game more than two decades old, so the combat feels a bit dated, but it is fun nonetheless, it serves both Raziel and Kain.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- The writing and voice acting is top shelf stuff and stands leagues above most games released today.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I played with a controller so your experience may vary on a keyboard.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
A brand new and very nice Ring Menu!
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Story and characters111 reviews
Graphics96 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Audio39 reviews
Controls12 reviews
Interface11 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Combat53 reviews
94%
Bugs13 reviews
92%
Crashes11 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $12.49 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $12.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
59
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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