Mato Anomalies
Skip · RPG · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 30, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 32.6h 46.1h to 100%
- Value
- $0.46/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 207 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Mato Anomalies takes players on a journey through a neo-futuristic version of a bygone oriental city. Investigate strange happenings across the city and uncover secrets behind the walls. Join a cast of enigmatic unlikely heroes in this anime-inspired RPG experience.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 / AMD Radeon RX 460 or better, 30 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 32 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 49 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse ($49.99, scores 44) outscores it, and so does Crystal Project ($13.99, scores 85). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Mato Anomalies
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 32.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
The drop-off
79% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
I'm mixed on this one but ultimately I enjoyed it so I'll give it a recommended. This is everything I expected out of a budget title which I enjoyed. Its a bit clunky and the style of gameplay is mostly smooth with some clunk. You'll spend most of your time running around in dungeons and in the city and experiencing bits and pieces of story told through dialogue or brief comic strips. I liked the story. Its weird...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game reminds me of a cross between RainCode and Anno Mutationem presented with some visual novel scenes. There is English-language voice acting also and it's well-done, but most of it is text-based. There is a part where you walk around in various areas doing quests/side-quests and then a part where you enter "Lairs" or basically dungeons for turn-based combat. There's a level system and stuff, items...
This game is not very fun the animations are rough the music doesnt fit the setting and the writing for the game is paced very poorly. Very little incentive to grind in the first chapter but by hcapter 2 its way to hard to grind and lvling takes forever on things your level so really ruins the gameplay loop for me. Got it on sale for 3.98 and it wasnt worth it. it makes me think of a bargain store brand soul hackers...
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Cite this score
Mato Anomalies scores 30/100 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/2024390/mato-anomaliesReviews 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 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.