Mary Skelter 2

Mary Skelter 2

Skip · RPG · 2022

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 44, under the fair line, at $34.99.

Length
53.8h 82.1h to 100%
Value
$0.65/hr
Reviews
76% of 224 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

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

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
Value$0.65/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement11% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews76% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 75% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds4 of 198 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

What must you sacrifice to escape fate? Find out in this nightmarish dungeon-crawling RPG! The Nightmare continues in Mary Skelter 2! In this fairy tale dungeon crawler, play as fairy tale-inspired characters and escape a living prison while indestructible Nightmares give chase in real time.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card, 9 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 22 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 26 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga ($6.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Lost Eidolons ($34.99, scores 22).

More about Mary Skelter 2

Steam's global achievement data puts about 11 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 53.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

70% start to 11% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
4 when we last checked, on Oct 7, 21:56 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Front and center I must say I have long been a fan of the weird original titles for the PSPs that were these often lower budget, creativity driven, technical meh products. I love Nights of Azure, I'd probably adore gravity rush. These games often are a mess but extremely creative, and maybe a bit ill advised in some parts. Mary Skelter is probably a perfect example of this weird era of games. A dungeon crawler that...
ElfenRecommendedafter 85hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I really love this game. Exploring the Jail is so much fun! 😆 For me, this is Idea Factory's greatest masterpiece! 😆
Syarif KuronekoRecommendedafter 134hAug 2026Read on Steam
Every game series that originally catered to gamers offered sexy moments, revealing outfits, and upskirt shots alongside solid gameplay, because the creators focused on what gamers actually wanted. Then came the female activists posing as major game developers, inserting themselves into things men enjoy solely to ruin that enjoyment. I don't accept explanations meant for idiots like the claim that it's intended for...
EvaneselfNot recommendedafter 1.1h4 found this helpfulRead 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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Mary Skelter 2 scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1496250/mary-skelter-2
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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 30, 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

DeveloperIdea Factory
PublisherGhostlight LTD
GenreRPG
Released2022
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements33