Melody's Escape
Worth it · Short indie · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.32/hr
- ReviewsS
- 93% of 4,800
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Short indie
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.3h
- To 100%
- 9.6h 2.2x the story
- Achievements
- 8
Price and sales
- Sales
- 101 on record
- Typical cut
- 66% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 March 2018
- Sale every
- 38d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 11% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
90% start to 4% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 101 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 66 percent, about 5 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $3.96, a level the record has reached 67 times.
Its score sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Geometry Dash ($4.99, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats Incredibox ($4.99, scores 64).
More about Melody's Escape
Of the 358 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 1,299 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 4.3 hours. Doing everything runs 10, 2.2 times as long.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 18 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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 players say
So much fun to play while listening to your favorite songs. The barriers are setup more or less precisely where they should be. Not sure if it's because I uploaded FLAC files.
2 more reviews
Melody's Escape is an imaginative rhythm-based experience that turns an ordinary music collection into a colorful adventure filled with movement, timing, and visual excitement. Rather than restricting players to a fixed soundtrack, the game allows them to transform their favorite songs into playable obstacle courses, giving every session a personal touch. Developed and published by Icetesy, it combines the...
This game is perfect if you want a casual rhythm game to vibe to your favorite songs - just don't expect too much form the chart generation.
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About the game
Run, jump and slide to the rhythm of your own music library! In Melody's Escape, advanced audio detection algorithms transcribe the energy that you feel when listening to music into a synchronized gameplay experience, with a captivating and dynamic obstacle course.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD3000. DirectX 9.0c compatible with shader Model 2.0 support, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Melody's Escape scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/270210/melody-s-escapeReviews 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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.