Road to Empress I

Road to Empress I

Steam Deck Playable

New One Studio · Choices Matter · Sep 9, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $7.11, close to its lowest recorded price.

87%
Very Positive
13k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 218 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Monetization: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 13k player reviews · updated 2 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
43% of themes are praise43% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This is an amazing game, quality story, insanely dramatic and fun.
218 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics of each chapter map are extremely beautiful; you can tell the developers love their job.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game's quality is outstanding; everyone is literally so beautiful, and the camera and sound quality are phenomenal.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters218 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay25 reviews
80%
Interface23 reviews
96%
Steam Deck9 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Monetization10 reviews
70%

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. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Near all-time low

Currently $7.11. The lowest we've tracked is $6.79.

3 points recordedtoday · $7.11

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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