Magical Delicacy

Magical Delicacy

Fair · Narrative · 2024

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

Fair at $12.49, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jul 2024. Buy it now if you want it.

Length
20h 28.4h to 100%
Value
$0.62/hr
Reviews
79% of 287 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Full price

Skip$24.99

Today

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Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

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
Value$0.63/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set That is today's sale price. Normally $1.25/hr
Holding it back
Reviews79% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 78% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds3 of 235 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

A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, DirectX 11-compatible graphics card with at least 1GB of video memory, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

The lowest price on record is $12.49, set in October 2026. 22 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 35 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart.

On value it sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 62 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Lone Fungus ($4.99, scores 65) and Webbed ($9.99, scores 83) both outscore it.

More about Magical Delicacy

This site sampled 235 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2024 to August 2026.

Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.

The drop-off

82% start to 6% 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

Players

Players online
7 when we last checked, on Oct 5, 00:53 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Magical Delicacy was a big surprise for me, especially considering the mixed reviews, which I usually listen to and abstain from buying. I wasn't expecting to love it this much, and I can now say it's one of my favourite games I ever played. I feel like the majority of people who didn't like the game (based on reviews and other online discourse) just didn't know what they were getting into. Magical Delicacy is a...
🧚🏻♀ sharlestonRecommendedafter 28hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Such a cute little romp. Story is pretty thin, but the art style is so fun. The game offers relaxed, standard, and challenging modes; plus the option to adjust a bunch of setting individually to create your ideal platforming experience. And while the game teaches you the basics of the cooking mechanics, it leaves you a lot of room to experiment and figure out recipes on your own.
Laurel Yuu ViperRecommendedafter 21hSep 2026Read on Steam
I love this game so much and genuinely feel like it was made just for me- I first played it on switch (twice) but it doesn't have achievements so I got it on steam. What first hooked me was being a witch that cooks, and while I was a tiny bit overwhelmed at first with all the mechanics, they fell into place once I started exploring. I adore the how the pixel style is simple yet still detailed, how all the...
AmethystNightRecommendedafter 24hAug 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Magical Delicacy scores 52/100 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/2231190/magical-delicacy
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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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-3
Critics82
Players79
Metacritic critics · 287 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSkaule
PublisherWhitethorn Games
GenreNarrative
Released2024
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements26