The Mildew Children
Worth it · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 6.7h 7.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.49/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 524 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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How to read this
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About the game
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated with min 2GB memory), 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 25 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 54 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Paradise Killer ($4.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Whispers of a Machine ($14.99, scores 66).
More about The Mildew Children
Steam's global achievement data puts about 12 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 6.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 333 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2024 to August 2026.
At 6.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
67% start to 12% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 16:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game has an amazing story and a truly wonderful world. It is extremly well written and although i don´t speak any russian, the russian voice over was fascinating and gave the game a wonderful charm.
2 more reviews
Короче, мой первый отзыв в стиме за, кажется, 12 лет😂 игра В ЦЕЛОМ понравилась, но хочется пожелать здоровья той гусенице-искусенице что делала Успение - что бы вести ритуал нужно реально зазубрить заговор😂 это пипец, все варианты оч близки между собой, во время Успения было ничего не понятно но оч интересно. Но в целом все понравилось, хочется еще раз пройти, прочел тут что есть хороший конец у истории...
Sights & Sounds Awkward [*] That subtitle is basically how I'd sum up the visual presentation of The Mildew Children in one word [*] Take, for example, a typical snapshot of the gameplay as you're exploring. Feel free to pull up an image search for screenshots to verify what I'm saying. To my eyes, it looks like characters are 3D-modeled and placed on scrolling 2D backgrounds. While not ugly per se, the primitive...
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Cite this score
The Mildew Children 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/2420350/the-mildew-childrenReviews 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.