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Banquet for Fools

Hannah and Joseph Games · 2026-03-05

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2024 (Mac)

The Pavura needs four volunteers to solve the mystery of an abandoned village. Answer the call to adventure in this party-based beat ‘em up RPG!

90%
positive of 936 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
Banquet for Fools is a 2026 role-playing video game by independent developer Hannah and Joseph Games for Microsoft Windows. Upon release, it received positive reviews, with critics praising its open-ended design and departure from traditional role-playing mechanics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 936 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.59 at GOG (2026-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 25 observed days · $4.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720242026Week of 2024-09-30: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$15.592024-09-302026-08-302024-09-30 — best price $16.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-19 — best price $16.992025-01-15 — best price $16.992025-02-05 — best price $17.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $16.992025-03-19 — best price $16.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-05-16 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $15.992025-09-25 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-06-17 — best price $15.592026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4292026-06-28 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 19 pageviews2026-07-02 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 21 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 21 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
0.7%
earned "Unlocked New Game Mode: Frog Trap"
0.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)60%7

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGCRPGGoreActionCombatFantasyMedievalAdventureIsometric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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