Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition vs Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition is an open-world RPG game from Owlcat Games (2018) while Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is an open-world puzzle game from CD PROJEKT RED (2018).
What each one is
Steam files Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition under Open-World and RPG. In contrast, it files Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales under Open-World and Puzzle.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
At a glance
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition | Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.1/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Steam rating | Mostly Positive (78%, 35,118) | Very Positive (90%, 17,339) |
| Critic aggregate | 73/100 | 85/100 |
| Price | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| Install size | 30 GB | 8 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2018 | 2018 |
| Developer | Owlcat Games | CD PROJEKT RED |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition vs Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus EditionOpen-world RPG gameThronebreaker: The Witcher TalesOpen-world puzzle gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus EditionRPG, Party-Based RPG, FantasyThronebreaker: The Witcher TalesRPG, Adventure, Card GameThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus EditionScore 7.1 · 78% on Steam · 73 criticThronebreaker: The Witcher Tales ✓Score 7.8 · 90% on Steam · 85 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition35,118 reviews · 6 add-ons · 30 GBThronebreaker: The Witcher Tales17,339 reviews · 2 add-ons · 8 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$19.99Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus EditionPlayableThronebreaker: The Witcher Tales ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole cataloguePathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition and Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (GamingPickz Score 7.8)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (verified)
- Lighter on storage: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (8 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition (35,118 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
RPGFantasyIsometricChoices MatterStory RichSingleplayerAdventureStrategy
Where they differ
Party-Based RPGCRPGCharacter CustomizationStrategy RPGReal-Time with PauseDungeons & Dragons
Card GameGreat SoundtrackDark FantasyPuzzleMatureAtmospheric
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition | Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz | Intel Celeron G1820 |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Install size | 30 GB | 8 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition · Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition and 9 for Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition and Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales in scope?
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition has drawn 35,118 Steam reviews, ships 6 add-ons and installs in 30 GB. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales has drawn 17,339 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 8 GB.
Is Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition or Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales rates higher (7.8 to 7.1). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition or Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales?
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition is cheaper right now at $19.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.