Master Key
Fair · RPG · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $11.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 9.1h 35.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.32/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 293 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.28 or less.
Buy now or wait
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
About the game
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, intel HD 4000, 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 21 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Haiku, the Robot ($6.79, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Lone Fungus ($4.99, scores 65).
More about Master Key
1 of the 241 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2024 to August 2026.
The main story runs 9.1 hours. Doing everything runs 35, 3.9 times as long.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 9.1 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
52% start to 5% 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
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 10, 20:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Holy crap guys, this is a *fantastic* MV. No reservations. It's really, really great. I just beat the final boss, not 100% yet but I think I'm fairly close, and I can easily say that this is one of the best MV's that I've played. Don't let the minimalist colors fool you; it's incredibly well-done, the music is great, and man, there's SO MUCH EXPLORATION. The map itself isn't that big, except that, oh, it really is...
2 more reviews
A very fun and quite well made top-down metroidvania (or at least the progression very much feels like so) inspired by Zelda games (never played one, but I assume so) with secrets at every step. The abilities and progression feel very good, altough it's hard to remember stuff when the map is so big. Well, there is an in-game map, but it pixelates if you zoom out a little bit and overall I didn't find it that much...
I really enjoyed it. It is a zelda like game, with a very fun visual style and a lot of secrets to find!
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Master Key scores 67/100 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/1763030/master-keyReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.