Decay: The Mare
Skip · Narrative · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 44, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 3h
- Value
- $1.66/hr
- Reviews
- 76% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, nVidia GeForce 205, Radeon HD 3400, 2.1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
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
It has never been cheaper than $0.49. That was December 2019. Its cuts run 87 percent off as a rule. There have been 108 in the 12 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 30 percent of the games it competes with. Among the games that feel like it, Samsara Room (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Draugen ($19.99, scores 29).
60 from critics against 76 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 4 of the 473 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 410 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 24 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
22% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 3-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
7 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 22:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
really creepy horror game with a great atmosphere and interesting story the puzzles can be pretty challenging and the whole game has a nice psychological horror vibe
Classic point-and-click psychological horror that nails the creepy, grimy atmosphere, but stumbles pretty hard on execution. The inventory puzzles can get frustratingly obtuse, and the short runtime combined with a sudden cliffhanger ending leaves a lot to be desired. It's decent if you just want a quick dose of late-2000s Silent Hill vibes, but don't expect a masterpiece.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Decay: The Mare scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/323720/decay-the-mareReviews 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 22, price as of Oct 1.
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