Mayhem Brawler
Worth it · Action · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $3.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Aug 2021.
- Length
- 1.5h 8.2h to 100%
- Value
- $2.66/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 900 positive
Full price
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
Mayhem Brawler is an urban fantasy themed beat 'em up that brings back the 90s arcade vibe to present day. With comic book style art and kick-ass soundtracks, it offers a unique experience that you can tackle solo or as co-op with friends while defining the next step in the story with your choices.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 | AMD Radeon HD 6670, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
March 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $3.99. Across all 55 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 66 percent, about 4 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Streets of Rage 4 ($24.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge ($24.99, scores 64).
More about Mayhem Brawler
77 from critics against 89 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
This site sampled 388 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 266 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 32 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.5 hours. Doing everything runs 8, 5.5 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
77% start to 7% 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
- 3 when we last checked, on Oct 8, 09:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
An absolute must-have for all beat 'em up fans. The art style is gorgeous, and thank god there are no eye-melting pixels. It feels very similar to Streets of Rage 4, and honestly, in some places, it looks even better.
2 more reviews
Positives 1. Different paths to take which alters the story a bit. 2. 3 distinct playable characters and 2 that are unlockable. 3. Good soundtrack 4. Nice art and runs smoothly. 5.Fairly pace and not overbearing difficult. Negatives 1. Block parry mechanic is OP. 2. Moveset is pretty limited and feels like button mashing. 3. Not enough unique game modes to hold yourself over. 4. A number of enemies have projectile...
TLDR: A smooth and enjoyable metahuman beat'em up with modernized and polished 90's comic book art style, voice acted cut scenes, and a unique approach to looping the player into the details of combat that allows for an attainable mastery of the game to be achieved. I finished my first run of Mayhem Brawler on standard difficulty with a little over an hour of game time. It has branching paths and three different...
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Cite this score
Mayhem Brawler scores 77/100 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/1306720/mayhem-brawlerReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.