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Barony

Barony

Turning Wheel LLC · released Jun 23, 2015

ActionAdventureIndieRPGPCNintendo Switch

Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 7.5 ↗
82
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “A bigger arsenal is on its way in the next big Barony update!” (1mo ago)

80%
At launch
91%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
70%
Player sentiment
86%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews91%851000
Metacritic user ratings–782
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)86%801846
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 8, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 1846 total reviews in window · weighted 189.7 up / 18.6 down · computed 11h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. A bigger arsenal is on its way in the next big Barony update!
    Jul 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. There's more to explore in Barony's next major update! View teasers inside ...
    Jun 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. V5.0.2 Changelog
    Apr 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. V5.0.1 Changelog
    Feb 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. V5.0.0 Hotfixes
    Jan 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. V5.0 Release - Instruments of Destruction: Part 1 + Deserters & Disciples DLC
    Jan 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Update Sneak Peek: A Magical Redesign
    Nov 14, 2025
  8. Update Sneak Peek: Cooking
    Oct 10, 2025
  9. Update Reveal! - Instruments of Destruction
    Sep 9, 2025
  10. Announcing the Deserters & Disciples update, coming 2025
    Jun 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Update 4.3.2 Available Now - Proximity Voice Chat!
    Jun 13, 2025
  12. The 4.3.1 Assist Shrine Update is now live!
    Dec 13, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  13. 4.3.0 Hotfix Patch Notes
    Oct 25, 2024
  14. "Keep Your Secrets" 4.3 Update -- Available Now!
    Oct 24, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  15. The "Keep Your Secrets" 4.3 Update - Unlocking this October!
    Oct 18, 2024
  16. A Special Treat for Halloween and Update News!
    Oct 2, 2024
  17. 4.2.1 Hotfix Patch Notes
    Mar 8, 2024
  18. v4.2 Update - Eat My Hat Is Live!
    Mar 1, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  19. V4.1.1 Hotfix Patch Notes Part 2
    Nov 27, 2023
  20. The "Eat My Hat" 4.2 Update - Coming February 2024
    Nov 19, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  21. 4.1.1 Hotfix Patch Notes
    Nov 19, 2023
  22. The "Life After Death" Update is live!
    Oct 21, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  23. V4.0.2 - Performance, Full Translation Support and Hotfixes
    Sep 25, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  24. Announcing the 4.1 Update "Life After Death"
    Sep 24, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  25. The Quality of Death Update for Barony is NOW LIVE!
    Aug 1, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  26. Quality of Death - Pre-Release Update: 4.0.1
    Aug 1, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  27. Quality of Death Beta Pre-Release - 4.0.1 Patch Notes
    Jun 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  28. Quality of Death Update - Launching August 1st!
    Jun 14, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  29. Quality of Death Beta - V3.9.1 Hotfix 1
    May 16, 2023
  30. Quality of Death Beta - V3.9.1 Update & Changelist
    May 15, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  31. Quality of Death Beta - V3.9.0 Changelist
    Mar 11, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  32. Quality of Death Beta - V3.8.6 Changelist
    Dec 25, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  33. Beta Changelog - Gameplay Changes (V3.8.5)
    Dec 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  34. Quality of Death Beta - Gameplay & Balance Changelog
    Nov 8, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  35. Quality of Death Beta: Hotfix - 2022.11.06 [Achievements Enabled!]
    Nov 6, 2022
  36. Quality of Death Update - Public Beta AVAILABLE NOW!
    Nov 5, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  37. Barony Extended Soundtrack Update
    Dec 23, 2021
  38. Hall of Trials Update coming July 30th!
    Jul 20, 2020
  39. Barony V3.3.4 - New JSON Modding tools for Monsters & Maps!
    Jun 11, 2020
  40. Barony V3.3.3 - DLC Class Mixing, Editor Scripting, 16-Player Tests!
    Mar 29, 2020significant · resets scoring window

…and 17 earlier patch announcements.