Multiwinia

Multiwinia

Fair · Short indie · 2008

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $11.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
2.7h 19.6h to 100%
Value
$4.44/hr
Reviews
82% of 602 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, at about $2.39 (80% off). Calls like this were right 89% 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
Replayability~16h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 2.7h main story
Holding it back
Value$4.44/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews82% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 81% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 124 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

Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, GeForce 6200 or RADEON 9600 series, 61 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

Across all 60 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Rusted Warfare - RTS ($4.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Creeper World 4 ($24.99, scores 57).

More about Multiwinia

Inside the two-hour refund window, 62 percent of the 156 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 38 percent of everything written about it.

2.7 hours to finish it, 20 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 7.3 times the campaign.

The drop-off

22% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

This is like combat Tetris. It seems simple and is, but its very difficult to do. Easy hop in hop out game. Would be an awesome phone game.
Howdy34Recommendedafter 29h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
fun game - did a recent update break compatibility between Mac and PC for anybody else, though?
blootanneryRecommendedafter 2.7hNov 2025Read on Steam
Multiwinia, developed and published by Introversion Software, is a fast-paced, minimalist real-time strategy game that reimagines large-scale combat as a vibrant digital playground of chaos and color. Set within the same virtual universe as the studio's earlier cult hit Darwinia, it trades the introspective tone of its predecessor for a more competitive, arcade-like energy. The premise is simple but effective: the...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 8.1hNov 2025Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Multiwinia scores 60/100 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/1530/multiwinia
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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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+6
Critics76
Players82
Metacritic critics · 602 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperIntroversion Software
PublisherIntroversion Software
GenreShort indie
Released2008
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements12