Carto
Worth it · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99, a BANGER if it drops to $10.20.
- Length
- 5.5h
- Value
- $3.63/hr
- Reviews
- 96% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD 5670, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
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
November 2023 is where it bottomed out, at $5.99. 49 discounts in the 6 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $10.20. The record reaches that level 37 times.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, HIVESWAP: ACT 1 ($7.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Dordogne ($14.99, scores 62).
Of the 400 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 423 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
81% start to 8% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
29 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 12:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A novel puzzle game with lots of interesting riddles to solve. Play as Carto on her adventure to find her grandmother, meeting all sorts of new people from the grass to the forest, volcanoes and even the frigid icelands. I had a good time with this game, its definitely fun and doesn't overstay its welcome. The ending definitely made it a really feel good puzzle game. Do give it a try, Definitely recommended
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Cite this score
Carto scores 72/100 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/1172450/cartoReviews 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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