NABOKI
Worth it · Short indie · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $2.99.
- Length
- 1h 1.2h to 100%
- Value
- $2.99/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 383 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Relaxing disassemble puzzle.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 72 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 20 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Hook ($2.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Oik 3 ($0.99, scores 72).
More about NABOKI
Of the 309 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 92 percent of the 315 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 85 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 1 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
What players say
pretty simple puzzle game that will keep you busy for an hour or so, really calming, great if you want something simple that won't take too long, but it doesn't have much in terms of brain scratchers so its kinda weak in that regard
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
NABOKI scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1177130/nabokiReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.