Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut
Skip · Action · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$29.99Skip
On its price record
$18.11Fair
- Length
- 7.3h 25.6h to 100%
- Value
- $4.11/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 411 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $18.11 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
About the game
Jump into adventure in Nikoderiko: The Magical World - Director's Cut, a love letter to platformers! Play in single-player or couch co-op, and enjoy 8 colorful worlds, classic platforming challenges, and music by legendary composer David Wise.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 14 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 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 22 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection ($5.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Sackboy™: A Big Adventure ($59.99, scores 40).
More about Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut
Of the 340 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
The main story runs 7.3 hours. Doing everything runs 26, 3.5 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 7.3 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
85% start to <1% rarestNo 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
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 1, 02:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game is donkey country and crash bandicoot combined into one with a wonderful soundtrack, world, enemies, and characters but that's kinda it great game but not much else.
2 more reviews
Fantastic little platformer. Tight enough controls, starts super easy but gets into a groove a couple worlds in, runs well on steam deck. Excellent to play with a kid, or solo. 2D sections are basically Donkey Kong Country, and then there's small 3D sections with a fixed camera like a Crash Bandicoot. Good price. Good music. Good game.
Did you enjoy Donkey Kong Country? How about Crash Bandikoot? Yes? Okay, this is that, but much prettier. Some call it plagurism, some call it a spiritual successor, some say "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". Either way, this is a platformer collect-a-thon with bright colors, beautiful landscapes, and plenty to do and find along the way. Every level is packed with secrets, mini-games, side paths and...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut scores 43/100 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/2374190/nikoderiko-the-magical-world-director-s-cutReviews 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.