I Wanna Maker

I Wanna Maker

BANGER · Short indie · 2023

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

A BANGER, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
95% of 5,118
Genre rank
Top 1% Short indie

Time and effort

Main story
8.3h
Achievements
46

Players and genre

Online
22 now
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

35% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This 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

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 1 percent. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, I wanna be the Creator ($4.19, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats DDNet (free, scores 74).

It is still busy. 22 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 3, 18:47 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

Buy now or wait

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

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Holding it back
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
DRMI Wanna Maker account needed
Needs a second account on top of Steam, a small friction discount
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

I Wanna Maker is a precision platformer with a robust level editor and online level sharing, based on I Wanna Be The Guy fangames. Create complex levels using a variety of objects, a powerful events system, and customizable visuals. Browse levels online, take on challenge modes, and more!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
I Wanna Maker scores 85/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1114940/i-wanna-maker
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 15. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperThe Elephant Crew
PublisherThe Elephant Crew
GenreShort indie
Released2023
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements46