MainFrames
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Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $12.99.
- Length
- 3.5h 4h to 100%
- Value
- $3.71/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 206 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 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
About the game
MainFrames invites you to meet Floppy and to browse a clever and charming platformer that plays out entirely within the windows and desktop of a PC monitor. You won’t want to press the escape key on this cozy outing!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 320, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 6570, 1 GB, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 13 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 22 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, CATO: Buttered Cat ($10.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Golf Club Nostalgia ($9.99, scores 45).
More about MainFrames
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 3.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
39% start to 4% 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
What players say
Fun, unique and quite easy puzzle-platformer. Can be finished in about 3-4h, or around 6h if you are going for 100% on every chapter. I got it during summer sale at -70% and it's definitely worth that price.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
simulations going rogue where i heard that before decent metriodvania with some interesting mechanics where its like controling 2 characters at once good luck getting the collectables its nice
While I liked the concept, the execution was a bit lacking. Most of the interaction with the windows was clicking to change the tab or active window. Sometimes, you could move them. Thats pretty much it, the rest is standard platformer stuff (i.e. changing gravity, boost pads, etc.). Moving the windows was nice. In one of the bonus levels you move the platform while standing, then jump, move it while midair, and...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
MainFrames scores 49/100 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/1521360/mainframesReviews 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 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.