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Pillars of Eternity
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you play this game for the turn based mode, you'll probably end up being disappointed. As much as the option is cool, the game isn't really built for that. I made the mistake of starting the game with turn based…”
“After bouncing off this game multiple times, I finally got into it because of the turn based mode; which allieved all my troubles with most of the CRPG genre (♥♥♥♥ real time 🖕). I also pretty much made every character a…”
“Great game made even better with turn based. Save early, save often, and bring your reading glasses!!”
31 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“After bouncing off this game multiple times, I finally got into it because of the turn based mode; which allieved all my troubles with most of the CRPG genre (♥♥♥♥ real time 🖕). I also pretty much made every character a…”
“nice setting. combat very boring”
“PoE1 is kinda rough. The writing is pretty good - the setting is great, the tone is dark and consistent, the quests solid; the ending delivers both in terms of resolution and setup for the next game. Soooooo, now for…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Outrageously good, the right level of cryptic, unique universe and etc.”
“absolute blinder of a game. Love it and its not too easy, which is NICE; )”
“Great game. Took me almost ten years since my purchase of it to actually sit down and play it. Coming from Turn based games, this was a bit of a challenge. I wasn't used to having AI controlled party members during…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[b]Modern-day successor to Infinity Engine games[/b] + Beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds + Real-Time with Pause combat + Companions and world setting [i]If you've ever had that itch to play old Baldur’s Gate or Icewind…”
“Uno de los mejores ARPG en el mercado. - Excelente trama - Excelente banda sonora - Excelente direccion estetica - Excelente actuacion de voz - Excelente diseño de sistema de juego”
“Very much like Spellforce or Baldurs Gate but distinctive visuals and story. Great characters and world to explore and interact with,”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“> See you fantasy cowboy ## Why - Well written & voice acted - A gigantic, crunchy CRPG to sink your teeth into - Turn based mode! Very cool they went back to add it ## Why Not - You don't have 100+ hours to sink into a…”
“Uno de los mejores ARPG en el mercado. - Excelente trama - Excelente banda sonora - Excelente direccion estetica - Excelente actuacion de voz - Excelente diseño de sistema de juego”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“If you play this game for the turn based mode, you'll probably end up being disappointed. As much as the option is cool, the game isn't really built for that. I made the mistake of starting the game with turn based…”
“If you do not play turn based combat, ignore this opinion. I have bought the game because they have added turn-based combat. I am not a big fan of real-time, so I wanted to try it. Sadly, turn-based combat is a complete…”
“Out of sheer boredom, I played Pillars of Eternity, something I bought from a Steam Sale some years back. It took me a while to gain a grasp of its gameplay, but to keep it short and simple, I'd rather not y'all play…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“If you do not play turn based combat, ignore this opinion. I have bought the game because they have added turn-based combat. I am not a big fan of real-time, so I wanted to try it. Sadly, turn-based combat is a complete…”
“This has some of the most frustrating CRPG combat I've played. So much of the difficulty in encounters relies on your enemies having Paralysis abilities. Poison can paralyze, Electricity can Paralyze, Earth can…”
“THIS USE TO BE A GOOD GAME ********* WARNING ******************** DO NOT GO WITH TURN BASE IN THIS GAME YOU WILL RAGE QUIT LIKE ME *************************************** I WILL SUM IT UP Turn based mode does not work…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Out of sheer boredom, I played Pillars of Eternity, something I bought from a Steam Sale some years back. It took me a while to gain a grasp of its gameplay, but to keep it short and simple, I'd rather not y'all play…”
“The turn-based updated is unbelievably based. Real-Time w/Pause is anthemia to me and as such, I never made it very far into this game. But now... What an interesting gem to find deep in my steam library, now very much…”
“The game that proved the modern CRPG was not, as many assumed, dead. A great game. It's not without its problems, however. The world is impressively generic and bland, and only made moreso by the writers' insistence of…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Downloaded this game since they made big noise about "turn based combat mode" and its totally broken. Bugs out from the first fight on, cannot end turn, cannot attack, game permanently on pause (known bug btw) and you…”
“once a very good game, now it has been updated to be unplayable. I went back to play this with the turn based mode update, but there have been so many new bugs add to the game with it that it is painful to even try and…”
“druid wont cast spells most of the time”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Downloaded this game since they made big noise about "turn based combat mode" and its totally broken. Bugs out from the first fight on, cannot end turn, cannot attack, game permanently on pause (known bug btw) and you…”
“once a very good game, now it has been updated to be unplayable. I went back to play this with the turn based mode update, but there have been so many new bugs add to the game with it that it is painful to even try and…”
“The game that proved the modern CRPG was not, as many assumed, dead. A great game. It's not without its problems, however. The world is impressively generic and bland, and only made moreso by the writers' insistence of…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Still one of the best-written RPGs I’ve played, but yeah… there’s a lot of reading. I ended up making a small TTS mod during my playthrough (started as an accessibility thing for my wife), and it actually made a huge difference. Being able to just listen to dialogue, journal…”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“Honestly, only started playing this again because they introduced turn based mode - the combat felt too complicated for me, a casual gamer who's used to a ps5 and controller, on my first play through but now I can take my time and enjoy it. Highly recommend 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Super underrated. Beating this on the hardest difficulty was some of the most fun I've had with an rpg”
— a player, Steam review · 209 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Pillars of Eternity Patch 3.9.5.0 is now Live!
Greetings Watchers, Today we are releasing patch 3.9.5.0 for Pillars of Eternity on Steam, GOG, EGS and Xbox PC. Patch Notes:Combat and Mechanics - Global Attack Speed and Reload Speed bonus provided
Pillars of Eternity Patch 3.9.4.0 is now Live
Greetings Watchers,Thank you so much for participating in our Public Beta. Today we are releasing Patch 3.4.9.0 on Steam, GOG, and Xbox PC. Please check out the latest fixes below:If you come across a
Patch 1.3.9.4 is Live on the Public_Beta Branch
Greetings Watchers,Today we are releasing Patch 1.3.9.4 in the Public Beta on Steam, GOG, and Xbox PC. To check out the latest changes and bug fixes, please make sure you are on the Public Beta Branch
Pillars of Eternity Turn Based Mode is Live
Greetings Watchers,The wait is over and the Turn-Based Mode for the original Pillars of Eternity is now live!This new feature lets you experience Pillars 1 in a whole new way, with combat fully reimag
The Public Beta for Turn-Based Mode is now Available
Hello Watchers,The wait is over — the Turn-Based Mode Public Beta for the original Pillars of Eternity is now live on Steam.This new feature lets you experience Pillars in a whole new way, with combat
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Isometric · Fantasy · Story Rich · Singleplayer · CRPG · Party-Based RPG · Real-Time with Pause · Adventure · Character Customization · Kickstarter · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Commentary available · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish * |
| Achievements | 48 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://eternity.obsidian.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista 64-bit or newer Processor: Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Storage: 14 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card