NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol 1
Skip · Action · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $19.99. Fair at $4.61, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Jun 2020 (lowest $4.99, Apr 2021).
- Length
- 5.7h 8.6h to 100%
- Value
- $3.51/hr
- Reviews
- 79% of 200 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.61 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 12 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Take a trip down memory lane and relive the magical times of the Nintendo Entertainment System with a collection of Namco’s hits and long-lost treasures in Namco Museum Archives Volume 1.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 50 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 35 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection ($39.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Capcom Arcade Stadium (free, scores 1).
More about NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol 1
At 5.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
17% start to 2% 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
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Sep 27, 18:58 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Namco Museum Archives Volume 1 is a pretty solid retro collection if you're into old-school arcade vibes and tough-as-nails gameplay. The lineup has classics that still hold up, and the rewind feature helps make some of the harder games less frustrating. The bonus demake of Pac-Man Championship Edition is honestly one of the coolest parts of the package. Not every title aged perfectly, but it's still a fun nostalgia...
2 more reviews
NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol. 1 serves as both a celebration of classic gaming and a reminder of how influential simple ideas were during earlier generations of the industry. Rather than functioning as a remake collection designed to reinvent old experiences, it focuses on preserving titles from the Nintendo Entertainment System era and presenting them in a format accessible to modern players. The collection acts as a...
A great collection of classics, which also features my all-time favorite Pac-Man game, Pac-Man Championship Edition. These are 8-bit NES versions of the games and not the arcade originals, just so people know before diving in. You can find most of the arcade versions in other collections or single releases like the "Arcade Game Series" releases of Pac-Man and Dig Dug.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol 1 scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1250250/namco-museum-archives-vol-1Reviews 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 30, price as of Oct 20. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.