ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
BANGER · RPG · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $13.74.
- Length
- 17.2h
- Value
- $0.80/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2GB VRAM, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
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
The value story
February 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $13.74. It has been discounted 13 times in the 3 years tracked here, typically at 35 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. Today's $13.74 at 45 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
This sale is doing real work. 84 at list, 95 today.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games closest to it, Death's Gambit: Afterlife ($9.99, scores 60) and Salt and Sanctuary ($17.99, scores 75) both come in lower.
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $23.30. It costs $13.74.
Steam's global achievement data puts 57 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 8. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2025 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 95 percent of the 1,057 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
93% start to 57% finishPeople genuinely stick with this one. Steam global achievements
Players
About 176 players at once, as of Sep 12.
Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
I left a negative review to Ender Lilies. It's a game that I really wanted to love, but ultimately could not enjoy the gameplay. Ender Magnolia is everything that I wanted Ender Lilies to be. Big thanks to the developers who improved so much on the first game. And oh boy, doesn't it bring me back to Nier Automata here and there....
A good sequel for the first game, some aspects got reworked or polished, but story feels weaker. Still a good game
Absolute cinema! Exceeded my expectations for a metroidvania, and especially as a sequel game. Gameplay and progression was fun, graphics are stunning, music hits the spot, and bosses were tricky and hard but beatable (except for two optional bosses; ifykyk). As my second ever metroidmania, truly exceptional and on my top favorite games. All I wish is now is third Ender game. IMO gameplay, graphics, and almost...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist scores 95/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2725260/ender-magnolia-bloom-in-the-mistReviews 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 Aug 2, price as of Sep 24.
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