The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.

The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.

Worth it · Narrative · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
100% of 1,181
Genre rank
Top 1% Narrative

Time and effort

Main story
1.5h
To 100%
3.2h 2.1x the story
Finish
42% reach the ending
Achievements
1

Players and genre

Online
7 now
Recent reviews
100% 30 days
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 1 percent. It is the best reviewed of its genre. It scores the same as LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga, which costs $19.99, and this one is free.

It is still busy. 7 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 2, 19:50 UTC, across 14 days of weekly checks.

More about The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.

Steam's global achievement data puts 42 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18.

Finishing takes 1.5 hours; clearing it takes 3, which is 2.1 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

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 we assumed
  • Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 99% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement42% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
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 fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Integrated graphics, 348 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom. scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 1,181 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2233770/the-thief-the-witch-the-toad-and-the-mushroom
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperJack McNamee
PublisherAshtown Games
GenreNarrative
Released2024
Achievements1