Night Stones

Night Stones

Worth it · RPG · 2024

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $9.99.

Length
2.6h 4.1h to 100%
Value
$3.84/hr
Reviews
94% of 304 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 6 of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 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

Raising the score
Reviews94% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% after the small-sample adjustment
Engagement40% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$3.84/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 255 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

You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night. Explore winding paths or venture into the wilds with your trusty glider and sailboat. To return home, you must befriend quirky townsfolk, discover hidden treasures, master magic, and face enemies in clever puzzle combat.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel Graphics 4400 or better, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

It has been discounted 17 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Haven Park ($8.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats REKA ($19.99, scores 39).

More about Night Stones

Steam's global achievement data puts 40 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 255 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to August 2026.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 2.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

The drop-off

78% start to 40% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

Night Stones is a cozy game about exploring a small open world, unlock a few power-ups, solve simple puzzles in mini dungeons, find collectibles and follow a heartwarming story. What makes the game stand out is the night/day mechanic where some puzzles change and treasures can be hidden. The graphics are super charming, the world feels lived in with the NPC walking around and the breeze of wind. The music is another...
ShivaRpgNRecommendedafter 4.2h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
well made and entertaining so far. support this dev, the upcoming game will be even more fire.
MysteryMonkey49Recommendedafter 1.1h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
Great game i love it, only 4-5 hrs to beat but more content if you finish everything super fun, very good performance
liamcooltreeRecommendedafter 3.4hSep 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Night Stones scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2300340/night-stones
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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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperAdvance Nine
PublisherAdvance Nine
GenreRPG
Released2024
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements22