Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Skip · Shooter · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 28, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.35/hr
- Reviews▼
- 73% of 1,138
- Critics
- 70 players 3 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 64% Shooter
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.5h
- To 100%
- 10.7h 1.3x the story
- Achievements
- 24
Price and sales
- Sales
- 106 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 November 2020
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 36% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
72% start to 9% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 106 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 8 days ago.
It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 64 percent. Among the games that feel like it, SOMA ($29.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs ($19.99, scores 20).
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 8 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
8/10 been playing off and on , for 5 or 6 years. it is pretty solid. there are many portal clones. I do wonder if frogwares are actually Cthulhu worshippers, because they have so many games referencing that. over and over. anyway. " i dont know the language but it sounds like Cthu.. or something' 16 hours in made me realise . yes it s a bit mediocre and predictable, but the puzzles are fun . the anime style voice...
2 more reviews
A lot of very neat puzzles and a story premise which is wacky in a charming way. Didn't love it as much as "Talos Principle" or "Portal", but it's still very well made.
It starts off pretty chill, and then the story takes a turn for the bizarre. It's not like Portal, but it reminds me of Portal, kind of like if Portal took a whole different approach to puzzles than using portals.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Magrunner: Dark Pulse scores 28/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/209630/magrunner-dark-pulseReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.