7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat

Wait54%

Mixed · 771 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Mousechief · Indie · Jun 7, 2013

Player review score
54%
Mixed
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 121 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 771 player reviews · updated

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
46% of themes are praise18% are divided36% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
121 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In my opinion, it's well worth playing through at least twice, as the first time can be seen as an opportunity to learn the mechanics and work out a viable strategy for the second playthough.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
They may be simple to some, but with the game style, playability and the richness of the story aspects I did see, I think they're beautiful.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The board has nice graphics and I like the details such as the animation and sound of the crocodiles, Poverty, Blunder, Inadequacy, and Oblivion, with their individual, silly descriptions.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The difficulty of this game is actually at a pretty good place!
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a board game style so the graphics aren't anything to talk about, the sound effects can be grating (crocodiles) but the music was good.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay121 reviews
Story74 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Difficulty10 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
40% still recommend
Co-op
25% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
33% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend
Multiplayer
60% still recommend
Bugs
60% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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