Tandis

Tandis

Fair · Short indie · 2022

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
2.3h 5h to 100%
Value
$6.52/hr
Reviews
95% of 242 positive
It needs 47% off ($7.96) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.96 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 14 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

Raising the score
Reviews95% of 242 reviews, scored as 90%
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement30% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$6.52/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 232 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
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

Tandis is a puzzle game where you discover mind-bending geometric shapes.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

Across all 27 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.

On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. 14 Minesweeper Variants ($6.99, scores 79) outscores it, and so does LYNE ($1.49, scores 95). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Tandis

Steam's global achievement data puts 30 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. None of the 232 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2022 to August 2026.

Finishing takes 2.3 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 2.2 times the campaign.

The drop-off

94% start to 30% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

You can tell instantly if you're the type of math person to like this game if what's shown in the trailer tickles you.
terdragontraRecommendedafter 2.8hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Amazing and thoughtful puzzle game that shares the beauty and psychedelic nature of math with the player without the burden of numbers. With each level comes a new musical piece that mirrors the mathematical thought needed to beat the next set of puzzles. As a graphics programmer and game designer myself, this game blew my mind. 10/10 recommend.
Kirij0Recommendedafter 9.8hJun 2026Read on Steam
Really fun little puzzle game, definitely haven't seen something like this before. I did all the levels, including extras. The levels are generally very satisfying. Some geometry/CAD intuition definitely helps. A few later levels are a bit finicky, though. In particular: "Flower pedals ball": Requires many small scale/rotation tweaks, gets a bit frustrating because undo is limited and has a bug. "Twisted double cone...
shBLOCKRecommendedafter 3.4hMar 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Tandis scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1297210/tandis
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Reviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMahdi Bahrami
PublisherMahdi Bahrami
GenreShort indie
Released2022
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements37