Critical Mass
Skip · Short indie · 2011
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 24, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.21/hr
- Reviews▼
- 69% of 441
- Critics
- 81 players 12 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 67% Short indie
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.9h
- Achievements
- 27
Price and sales
- Sales
- 13 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 November 2013
- Sale every
- 167d last December 2017
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 67% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 21% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
24% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 13 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 24 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 461 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Intergalactic Bubbles ($1.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball ($1.99, scores 21).
More about Critical Mass
Critics scored it 81, but players land 12 points lower at 69 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 180 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 62 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 3230 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I think I was unable to play the game without it crashing way too often, back in the day. Now, years later, I see they've effed up the possibility of even getting achievements. Decent concept, poor execution.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
Critical Mass scores 24/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/105300/critical-massReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 3, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.