The Rewinder
Worth it · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99, a BANGER if it drops to $7.04.
- Length
- 4.8h
- Value
- $3.12/hr
- Reviews
- 96% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $5.99, set in April 2025. 37 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 50 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $7.04 BANGER line 9 times.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Blackwell Legacy ($4.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders ($10.99, scores 60).
Steam's global achievement data puts 55 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 588 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 226 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.8 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
94% start to 55% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 16:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Not a fan of asian mythology and stories, but still enjoyed the game. Interesting 'time altering' mechanic, but feel like it's not used at its full potential.
short and sweet, with gorgeous art. some puzzles are not super well explained (mechanically), but none of them are too difficult. definitely worth playing. the mechanic of fixing past mistakes is very satisfying, the story is very sweet and reminded me of To The Moon in a certain spot - iykyk. It's also worth collecting all the flowers if you care about the story.
Amazing little game! Good puzzles! Localization needs work though ... the names are atrocious
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Rewinder scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1161170/the-rewinderReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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