Musaic Box

Musaic Box

Worth it · Short indie · 2009

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $4.99.

Length
2h 2.1h to 100%
Value
$2.50/hr
Reviews
93% of 268 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 3210 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

Raising the score
Reviews93% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 89% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Value$2.50/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 39 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

About the game

Uncover all of your grandfather's sheet music, hidden in his home amongst a treasure trove of gorgeous antiques and musical relics. Melodious music box games will let you piece these special compositions together and unleash their symphonious secrets. Unlock Creative Mode and write your own outstanding arrangements.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, DirectX compatible with 16 MB of Video Memory, 51 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

14 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 19 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 459 weeks ago.

Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tiny Lands ($6.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Please, Don’t Touch Anything ($4.99, scores 61).

What players say

I played the free trial of this game on Kongregate, back in 2010, during my then childhood (yes, I am still pretty young). It only had the first three rooms, and I enjoyed playing it. The puzzle solving was fun, the music is nice to listen to, and I enjoy the whole game. It would take me 14 years to find out this game had a full version on Steam. And it's still as solid as ever. 10/10 would recommend for people who...
天音かなた - bronrgRecommendedafter 2.2hJul 2024Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Musaic Box scores 71/100 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/29130/musaic-box
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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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperKranX Productions
PublisherKranX Productions
GenreShort indie
Released2009
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate