The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Worth it · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99.
- Length
- 41h 48.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.37/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 299 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 578 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
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Integrated graphics, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 19 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 83 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Roottrees are Dead ($19.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats The Painscreek Killings ($19.99, scores 66).
More about The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Of the 269 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2021 to August 2026.
The drop-off
45% start to 16% 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
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 17, 05:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Just an incredible, one of a kind mystery game. Be warned while the game will tell you the answers at the end to confirm there is no handholding or gentle hints. You get a massive, and I do mean truly massive 30 hour dump of what, at the time, seem like utterly inexplicable events thrown at you and then you can try to untangle it all. For a Visual Novel story, it is passable. For a mystery it is unparalelled with...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Tl;dr Play this game if you're a fan of mystery/time loop games. The biggest strength of this game is the story and the time loop aspects, but it turns into a double-edged sword later in the game. I suggest going into this game blind and atleast completing Chapter 1, which is long, but push through it. I'll start off with the game's positives. The story and time travel elements are incredibly well thought out. Kudos...
I honestly do not understand how this isn't "overwhelmingly negative" unless the majority of reviewers haven't made it most of the way through the game. As someone who has read through Higurashi, Umineko, and many other VNs, I read through this game enjoying it well enough. But a mystery can be absolutely ruined by its conclusion. The conclusion is completely and utterly ridiculous and contrived. It is as if the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass scores 68/100 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/1432500/the-sekimeiya-spun-glassReviews 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.