Mercury Abbey
Worth it · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $12.59, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Nov 2024.
- Length
- 10.6h
- Value
- $1.19/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 30% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 5 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 10% ($16.19)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 30% ($12.59)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GT 730 OR Radeon HD 4830, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $12.59, set in February 2026. It has been discounted 14 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 20 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. Today's $12.59 at 30 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Take the discount away and it is a 71. With it, 77.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Cureocity (free, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats Old Man's Journey ($9.99, scores 55).
Steam's global achievement data puts 52 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 362 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to September 2026.
At 10.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
83% start to 52% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
5 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 16:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Fun game and premise is great. Visually appealing and keeps your attention. Lots of interactables to learn about the world. The big problem is definitely the translation. A lot of inconsistencies, formatting mistakes and mistranslations between Chinese and English which makes it hard to follow the narrative of the story. Sometimes you need to read the sentence multiple in order to make out what they are trying to...
The pixel art and general art direction of this game look fantastic. Well-written characters, BEAUTIFUL UI, and nice assets. The game is not out of the ordinary in regard to the story and in-game play, but I enjoyed my time with it and think about the UI and the art quite often. I have to agree with the other reviewers that the transllation issues occasionally take you out of it. Short fun game that does not...
Pros: - Gorgeously beautiful game - Strong characters - Agatha Christieesque story Cons: - Many translation mistakes, nonsensical sentences, writing mistakes, and poorly translated character names or descriptions. - Odd references to Tolkien, but not fully integrating into the same universe - Missed opportunities, notably symbolism. Symbols used seem random, not archetypal or related to a deeper reading of the game...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Mercury Abbey scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1689080/mercury-abbeyReviews 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 1.
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