Maliki : Poison Of The Past

Maliki : Poison Of The Past

Worth it · RPG · 2025

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 6 of 6 sales

Worth it at $29.99. Typically $17.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hour▼
$1.55/hr
ReviewsS
96% of 236
Critics
75 players 21 higher
Genre rank
Top 5% RPG

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
19.4h
To 100%
74.8h 3.9x the story
Achievements
43

Price and sales

Sales
14 on record
Typical cut
40% off
Steam low
$14.99 April 2026
Sale every
35d last October 2026
Lowest now $25.19 at Fanaticalall-time low $11.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
5% of its genre
Better reviewed
96% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

68% start to 7% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This 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

14 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 5 percent. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tactical Breach Wizards ($19.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Noob - The Factionless ($29.99, scores 56).

More about Maliki : Poison Of The Past

Critics scored it 75. Players sit 21 points higher at 96 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Finishing takes 19.4 hours; clearing it takes 75, which is 3.9 times the campaign.

Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 29 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

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 92% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.55/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 94 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

What players say

An excellent game, a love poem to classics like Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy 7, with inovative time-related mechanics
_LilianaRecommendedafter 23hNov 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Le jeu est un coup de cœur absolu ! Pour moi, qui donne une grande importance à l'histoire et la musique d'un jeu, j'ai été servi ! La simplicité du gameplay sert à son accessibilité et permet de se concentrer sur la découverte et l'exploration des zones. Autre bon point, on peut parfaitement se lancer sans connaître l'univers de Maliki, le jeu nous le fait découvrir à petites doses sans que ça soit indigeste. En...
RilmaupeRecommendedafter 33hSep 2025Read on Steam
I'm leaving a positive review to support the developers. I like supporting developers...but I would sadly not recommend this game. I was lured in by the visual design and time travel setup, but it really missed the mark in its execution. Pros: - cute environments. Sort of toy box vibes, reminds me of Maplestory - pretty fun puzzles with each party member offering a different mechanic for solving them. - the combat...
BraytendoRecommendedafter 23hAug 2025Read on Steam

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

About the game

Join Maliki and her wacky family in their epic battle against Poison, a fearsome plant creature that has colonized space-time. Go along on a fantastic odyssey through the ages that provides a unique mix of exploration, temporal riddles and turn-based fights full of surprises.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760, Radeon R9 280, or above, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Maliki : Poison Of The Past scores 72/100 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/2893260/maliki-poison-of-the-past
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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 Nov 6, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+21
Critics75
Players96
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 236 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperBlue Banshee
PublisherAnkama Games
GenreRPG
Released2025
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements43