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Batora: Lost Haven
Developer Stormind Games
Batora: Lost Haven is a 2022 video game developed by Stormind Games and published by Team17. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 20 October 2022, for Nintendo Switch on 6 April 2023 and for Amazon Luna on 13 April 2023. The game received mixed reviews, with its combat and story being praised by some critics, and called flawed by others. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
195 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
52
Mixed
97 positive · 91 negative
95% range 44–59%
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7 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
295 of 454 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 195 · most liked firstBatora: Lost Haven is a game that could have been really good if it was made by more competent developers. As it is, it's just okay. The story has some great ideas that could have been really powerful and emotional, but the writing is just abysmal. The dialogue feels like it was written by an 8 year old and the characters are inconsistent, obnoxious and just plain stupid. There is a choice-and-consequence mechanic and the story does change based on your actions (apparently there are 4…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It kind of feels like a game that was going to be a different game, then changed to this game, then wasn't finished. I actually played the demo and liked it well enough to get this on a bit of a discount around release, but the demo is a bit misleading because you only ever get 3 abilities during the game and you do NOT get them quickly. It makes combat very, very boring - it's like if you took a top-down Zelda game and slapped some Diablo onto it without actually adding any abilities. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Batora is a game with no meat on its bones. I would give it a mixed review if I had the chance, it is by no means horrible but at the same time it is such a forgettable experience. The Good : + Graphics and cutscenes looks nice for an indie game. + Most lines are voice acted, which increases the immersion. + UI looks clean and modern. The Bad : - Combat. It just doesn't have enough variety. Fight red enemies with your melee and purple with your ranged. Only a few special attacks unlocks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is decent in many areas. The combat worked alright, the story premise was neat, but the overall game is a big o' pile of meh. The inventory system is complicated for almost no impact on combat, the replayability is made annoying by unskippable cutscenes, and the overall game just seems weaker than others in its category. Decent game to get on sale, but even then, better to spend your time on something else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A dear friend got me this game, so believe me when I say it had to be particularly bad for me to be able to stomach saying so in a review. batora is pretty much bog standard for something released in the later 2010's-- the main character is an insufferable 'chosen one' with little to no redeeming quality, and the game feels almost schizophrenic in design, especially with go-nowhere systems such as the cracked alignment system and the way quests are laid out. I went in expecting an epic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished the game, but I can't say I would recommend it. I finished it because I'm a completionist, and I hate leaving unfinished games behind. But it was a chore. The main reason is the writing. It's all so rushed, so uncooked. You meet an NPC for the first time "Hi, I'm good!", and then you want to sacrifice everything in order to protect/save that NPC. In the next dialogue another NPC comes and says "Muwahahaha I'm evil!", and then you decide that you need to kill that NPC (that you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a good time with Batora: Lost Haven, but if there is a game that is a mixed bad, this is it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's not garbage either. More complex than a casual game, but nowhere near a full RPG. The combat is fairly unique, yet super simple. There are puzzles, but they are extremely simple and forgiving. The story is neither interesting nor unimaginative. There are choices, but each choice is like saving someone you know or saving everyone else. The graphics are somewhat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm always torn whether I should rate a game based on whether I disliked it, or whether I think other genre fans would like it. If you're an ARPG fan and don't mind immature dialogue, you might really enjoy this game. I found it grating and really kind of silly (dialogue). You can't talk about grim subjects with witty quips and slang, and expect players to stay engaged and feel gravitas about the situation. Also, your character levels up but you don't make any choices when that happens.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like people have pointed out, Avril is an absolutely insufferable protagonist. Like Forspoken levels of insufferable. And, no, the narrative is not creative enough (The big twist at the end is extremely obvious) nor long enough to justify the price tag. I think the best way to hammer home how little effort went into this game is that the characters are supposed to be from London and absolutely none of them have even a hint of a British accent.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Forspokenesque dialoge and characters.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are some good things to say: 1. It looks beautiful. 2. There are some mechanics to play around, although very straightforward. 3. it is very simple, so it's open for kids and very casual players. 4. You can make choices. I have no clue what the actual consequences are to whatever you choose but I doubt there's any impact other than a few lines of chatter. But there are also bad ones: 1. The first hour felt like a slog. Very boring to make progress in general, I made it to the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Millennial writing isekai. Snark From Another World. Both the protagonist and her why are you here bestie spend the whole game making snide comments. Decisions don't have any weight to them because there was no world building. Do you want to save the character you just met or the tribe you just met? Fully voiced though. The combat is alright but it soon gets repetitive and the upgrade system is mostly just health and damage boosts. Also there's some very basic puzzles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am not quite sure where all the hate in the reviews here comes from. I had fun with this game so far. I got it on sale for five bucks and the game already made up for that with the two hours of fun I had with it. And I expect to have a few more. I would compare the game to Bastion or Children of Morta: A little action adventure some people might consider an ARPG, although that is a bit of a stretch (as it is for Bastion and CoM). The combat is snappy and fun, the character customisation is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Batora: Lost Haven is a fine adventure with very frustrating combat mechanics. You have the sun, melee and the moon, ranged. Aiming the moon projectile is beyond dumb on a controller so that's where the frustration comes from, with more on top of it later on the game. I'll talk about more later on this review. So, I'd say to get this game on sale if you want a game you can beat in a rainy afternoon and have some fun with it if you can get the hang of the combat, which I'm gonna be honest, I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is short, story nonsensical and characters are either weak, bland or annoying. If the game was made by one or few people, then it would be an achievement. Game is very very simple and easy, I'd probably enjoy it if I was 10 and this was my first game of sorts. Can't recommend it to anyone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros - interesting combat system. Utilizes 2 different "elements". Game difficulty will depend on which you pick. - enemies scale to your level - choices matter leading to different couple endings - has ng+ Cons - game is short. 2 playthroughs is enough to reach 100% and in 17hrs. - balancing issue especially in new game+. Regular mob battles can be harder than boss fights. 1st and 2nd boss fights can take longer than the 3rd and 4th boss. - poor NPC AI, you will likely get a game over…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought as part of a Humble bundle, game looked interesting but doesn't have one redeeming quality, I'm just glad I didn't buy this as a single game. Combat gets boring very quickly, sluggish unresponsive controls don't help. Suicidal ally NPC's who will stand in enemy AOE's and die forcing you to restart sections. Predictable story with what might be the worst character development and dialogue of any game I've ever played, very much reminiscent of Forspoken. Was shocked to read "Seeing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game demonstrates why not to put the fate of the universe in the hands of a teenage girl. Also not on my list of 'Games to Play in 2023' I join the deluge of recent reviews from people who played Batora after getting it as part of the [url=https://www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-heroines-warriors-dreamers-and-god-slayers]Humble Heroines Humble Bundle bundle. I have really important games to play, and not much time left to play them, so I really shouldn't have been messing around with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My one major gripe is the overwhelming amount of exposition. Does every little pickup really need dialogue? There are 2 skip buttons, and yet somehow, it's impossible to skip dialogue. Yes, I DO know what the buttons do, but you still need to press more buttons during info dumps than during the actual combat. Just let me skip the entirety of the dialogue or turn it off in options, please. I'm sure some people care about the story, but I have a hard time seeing it with how it's presented.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Charming style, decent voice acting however... the combat system is mind numbingly boring. Maybe it improves later but I honestly couldn't be bothered to find out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cons: #1. You're forced to fight with two different ability sets constantly #2. Very little character progression #3. No gear, amulets, rings, weapons or equipable items of any kind (other than runes) #4. You can't change or set the game's resolution #5. Can't set the game's frame rate at all #6. Periodic forced battles AND you're forced into the tiniest area during battle, so if you're a ranged player or someone who likes distance between you & the enemies, then you're SOL #7. The voice sync…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see why allot of people gave this game negative reviews. Over all the game is fun. The down side is you go into the spirit realm allot. Every minor and major choice you go into the spirit realm to solve puzzles. This gets annoying after the first few times. It is neat in the beginning, and then gets old very quickly. It is like the creators could not decide what else to throw in to make the game interesting, so off to the spirit realm. The problem with the puzzles in the spirit realm…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If this was a five start rating system, I would give Batora: Lost Haven a three star. I don't think it's bad but I also don't really recommend it so that's why I've had to go with a Not Recommended rating. Let's start with the good: * Interesting worlds with rich law and memorable characters * Visually interesting, a nice quirky art design and some lovely setting design * Decent voice acting * 4 separate endings depending on choices made throughout the game and a New Game+ mode to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice action RPG-like action with following: - fun but often easy combat - interesting battle system with two damage types for each of two type of enemies - good and unique puzzle levels Cons: Story is so so and only thing bad about this little game are cringe Forspoken-like dialogs which makes no sense in story situations. Even my 10 year old niece would write better dialogs than this. Voice acting feels forced. I will still give positive review because devs at least added option to disable…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to enjoy this... But the writing and voice-acting is just so god afwul, it makes Forspoken look good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the writing is pretty bad and some voice actors are too monotone the only thing interesting is the combat
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does a lot of stuff pretty well, but it's hard not to see the places where it falls short. The two-mode combat system is interesting, but combat upgrades are doled out at specific points in the story rather than according to your level, so the progression systems can feel a bit meaningless, and almost all the runes are just stat changes, so your ability to customize your playstyle is limited. The story's alright, but it feels pretty rushed. The game sets up this big elemental…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bad writing and poor voice acting, tons of framerate issues too. also just makes you wait for stuff to talk at you while you do nothing constantly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Right, so I've just wasted several hours of my life on this game that somehow managed to be slightly less terrible than I expected. Which, let's be honest, is like saying this headache isn't as bad as my migraine - it's still bloody annoying, isn't it? They've gone and voiced every single line in the game, which would be impressive if half of it didn't sound like they recruited their voice actors from a drunk karaoke night. The combat's got this thing where you switch between Physical and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to preface by saying that if I'd played this when I was younger, and my standards were lower, I probably would have enjoyed it. I really don't mean that as the kick in the teeth that it sounds like tho. This game feels like someone's passion project and there is a lot to like, but my main take away is that so many other games have done this exact thing but better. As a player, I prefer story blended with gameplay rather than what Batora does which is interrupt gameplay with story. This…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Up front, I want to say that the game isn't *bad*. The core of it is fine; it's not saddled with technical glitches or horribly broken mechanics or anything like that. But a core gameplay loop that's "fine" doesn't carry the other issues. On the plus side, there are some decisions you need to make that have actual moral weight, and which you can't avoid. The story concept isn't bad, and in fact is arguably pretty good. The voice acting isn't too bad either; the biggest issue there is that they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 gonna have to give it a thumbs down because the price and the amount of gameplay you get out of it finished the game in like 2.6 hours still needed to afk to get all the steam cards + solid voice acting + backgrounds are amazing - default controls are awful and stop you from fast swapping powers from A to B and back. this is a huge part of the game and it was the 1st thing i changed combat starts awful, get better as the game goes played on steam deck and it had some problems some game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game just defeated me. Like, I try to be fair and give every game some time - after all not every title need to grab you from the get go. Batora have some really nice visuals and character designs, decent sound and interesting mechanics, where you need to constantly switch between two modes of combat - melee (Sun) and ranged (Moon), as some enemies might be immune to one of them, not to mention some simple puzzles. But! I simply can't play it without constant asking the Universe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's just something missing in this one. Its an isometric ARPG. The game has a ranged and melee form and specific colors associated with it and enemies you can only really damage with one form, so theres switching back and forth. This is interesting at first, but it doesn't evolve much after that. You unlock two special abilities for each form as well as a shield ability, and thats it. Theres no variation, every person playing the game will unlock the same abilities and play the same way, so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall I enjoyed my play through. I thought for a casual player, it was challenging enough where you die a couple times, but duality in the combat is a must. I know now that this game has different endings, but I am not sure I would want to replay though the game to see each of them. Overall a good game, but I think the in between cut scenes could be better with the character art. I feel like they should not dim the non speaker so much because they change expression in reaction to what is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playtime is for one full playthrough (1 of 4 Endings). Played entirely on Legion Go (Handheld Mode) This was an absolute gem and surprise. The Good - FULLY voice acted. Like there was no dialogue that didn't have an actual voice actor. - Somewhat unique combat (flicking between Physical & Mental powers depending on the enemy is cool. - Soundtrack was memorable. - Price is solid. - Loved the colours - Story and consequences was very cool. I almost didn't see the twist coming. - Batora herself…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to love this game but after 3-4 hours I found myself just waiting for the dialog to end
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend buying game Batora: Lost Haven and you will have fun playing it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel kinda bad to give this a negative review, since its obvious its from a small studio who put a lot of heart and soul into it, making an interesting world(s), characters, and premise, as well as a twinge of mystery. but at the end its still a video game, and its most important aspect is the gameplay. its just a top down run and gun, with every objective being "go here, talk to them, go there kill the enemies, go back, talk some more, oop, enemies show up, kill them, talk again." thats…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6.5 Good - Talented voice acting - Beautiful artworks - Good story progression - Gameplay matches the story (no cheap filters to make the game unnecessarily long) - Easy achievement Bad - It still has bugs, and it randomly freezes briefly on Steam Deck though already being verified and set to low settings. - The protagonist has a lot of unnecessary lines. She is quirky but in an annoying way. I don't think she is well suited in this game at all. (Maybe it could be better with a more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended for action/adventure lovers. It has light RPG components, son don't expect a Diablo-like loot-driven game, except for the isometrc view. If you liked isometric games like Stories: The Path of Destinies, Darksiders Genesis or Death's Door, Batora: Lost Haven is your next one, even if it's pretty much unique with its duality system! Oh, the codex is wow, great lore!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is not a horrible game and there was definitely some effort and care put into it, but I just found it boring, repetitive, and the voice acting and main character are just awful. The controls are pretty awful too, weirdly unresponsive for some reason, which is not great for a game like this one. The game works without any issues on Linux with Proton (9.0-4).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good morning, bsky village 👋🏻 It’s 6am here and I will hop back to sleep soon, but i just wanna share my game agenda today in hopes that I really go through with it 🙃 After not gaming the whole weekend, I’m gonna jump into these: Eternal Die demo ANNIE: Last Hope Demo Batora BG3 Wish me luck 🫡
unlabelledView post →Soooo… Batora: Lost Haven. It's fine, good even! It's one of those games that starts weak but gets better and better by playing each chapter. In the beginning we have an uninteresting combat, corny teenager dialogues, the premise is meeh, and even the first worlds are bland. But every new level, skill, and choice makes the game more and more deep and engaging. The story has really interesting consequences, it gets better and more dense with each new chapter, the dialogue gets more dramatic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝕌𝕞𝕞𝕞𝕞... 𝔸𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟, 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤! The thing with "Batora: Lost Haven" is that, albeit the gameplay is solid, the storyline, character development and overall plot is just too ridiculous to take seriously at any given point. You take control of Avril, a girl who has lost her homeplanet of Earth because of a sundering and is sent in a grand quest throughout the galaxy by the elden protectors of Earth, Sun and Moon, to retrieve four cores…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game, the effects looked quite nice, but that's all there is to this game. You'll be stuck in a never-ending cascade of pretty but quickly boring landscapes with nothing to do but roam and have a truckload of endless loading screens despite having a pretty good machine, weaved with an incoherent story and a bit of combat in between. Story & scenario The story takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where Avril, the main character will suddenly becomes a Champion for 2…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried. I really did. But sometimes you know right away that a game is not for you, and this is just not the game for me. On paper, it's tagged as everything I love the most. A story-rich RPG with a strong heroine? Yes please! But it just ended up falling flat on its face. I will give it the benefit of the doubt when it comes to story-rich as I didn't make it more than twenty minutes or so into the game. But from what I did see, it didn't deserve that tag. The story is boring and cliched, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a shame that a game with such beautiful visuals and art style has nothing else to offer. The story is trivial and unengaging, the characters and plain and cliche, the dialogues are long and boring, and, worst of all, the gameplay and combat mechanics are simplistic and repetitive. You get a mission, you run to a point on the map, a few enemies spawn, you kill them and run back, then a few more enemies spawn. That's it, exploration is non-existent, since there's no interesting side…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Chill and Fun Game – Worth Picking Up on Sale Played on Steam Deck – ran great without any issues. ⸻ Simple Story with Meaningful Choices: The story isn’t very deep or complex, but it’s easy to follow and fits the game well. What makes it more interesting is that your choices actually affect how the story plays out, leading to different outcomes. ⸻ Easy-to-Learn Combat: Fighting feels smooth and balanced. It’s simple to get into, but the boss fights still give a good challenge. ⸻…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the story is super awesome! and gameplay is pretty much matched with it. the visual effects are great! cut-scenes are acceptable. ACTION gameplay is almost the same till the end (also not that hard for the first playthrough , but gets much harder in new-game+ )( and progressive fighting skills upgrades) but in the other hand the puzzles are very various! different choices actually made changes to the game: changing the bosses - changing the ending - changing the action difficulty ---> all that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just don't the controls are clunky and the combat is not satisfying enough to justify keep playing the game. the concepts idea are really good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished the game on a steam deck and although I had fun and recommend it, there are definitely some things that could be better. Gameplay The game feels like a hack'n slash with some light rpg elements with levels, and runes that gives you buffs and new abilities though you don't feel much of a difference with each rune. The mechanics of sun and moon modes are very fun and I wish they explored more of that dymanic. The controls feels a bit slow and some times it is hard do aim at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4/10. The gameplay itself is fine; as others mentioned, it's got a quirky combat system that feels fresh at first but slowly gets a little annoying. The moral decisions (at least the few I saw before dropping) are gray-area but designed to make you feel bad if you don't pick the 'right' call, after first telling you that there's no 'right' call and to make your own decisions. Reminds me of Spec Ops: The Line, only that one at least had a reason for it and kept the making-you-feel-bad part to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Picked this up as part of a Humble bundle. I get what they were trying to do here and the execution is... adequate. But the writing is straight up cringy. Every time any of the characters talks, all I hear is "Hello fellow kids". If the gameplay was better, I would stick with it, but it's just not worth the bad writing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has some good points going for it, especially the really nice artwork and environments. It works well on Linux too, even though there is some heavy stuttering during the first 15 minutes of play, after which it smoothens out. Sadly the combat becomes dull and repetitive very quickly, and it doesn't feel particularly satisfying or progressive either. There was nothing in the story or voice acting to keep me engaged. And finally the puzzles are sometimes frustrating because you need to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a gem! Wondeful soundtrack and artstyle and a gameplay that flows really well for me. Switching between the elements goes very smoothly and feels very natural. Some abilities did feel a bit underwhelming but didn't really feel like I really needed them to survive and survive a fight. The story is pretty good too, little bit predictable at some points but all in all that didn't really bug me that much. The story has you making increasingly harder choices which will affect the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the beginning the combat was strange, but after the first hour it starts to be really funny. The boss fights are great and well-balanced and I love the puzzle sections, neither too easy nor frustrating. Wonderful art and good job with the cameras. Well done guys!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a game. Loved every second of it. I did 1 playthrough so far and i cant recommend the game enough. The story, setting, music and voice acting are all top notch. If you like arpgs or just looking for a game with a good story you cant go wrong with Batora
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's competent Californian writing is obviously a problem here but overall it's OK-ish teen grade science fiction. Visual novel + action RPG in a dreamy world. Only 52% played it for 10+ minutes (and got both powers)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is weird. By "weird", I mean the story/lore feels needlessly bloated, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.. But what matters is that the story makes sense to the characters in the game :D Otherwise, there's a lot going on: you have to collect runes and other collectibles, to power up and unlock your inner superhero. You fight some (actually, a lot of) battles. The combat is somewhere between decent and fun. But also, you have to solve puzzles to achieve.. stuff. The…
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