Minutescape
Skip · Roguelike · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $5.99.
- Length
- 4.2h 4.3h to 100%
- Value
- $1.43/hr
- Reviews
- 75% of 572 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 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
About the game
Dodge bullets and upgrade yourself in Minutescape, a retro-inspired incremental game that keeps unfolding. Unlock new abilities and keep upgrading yourself to survive for 5 consecutive minutes.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 14 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 25 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
It is cheaper than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, (the) Gnorp Apologue ($6.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Tap Heroes ($2.99, scores 33).
More about Minutescape
Of the 437 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2025 to August 2026.
The drop-off
99% start to 37% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
this game has never kept me entertained for more than 15 minutes at a time. the gameplay loop is incredibly repetitive. instead of introducing new features to the game, upgrades only serve to make the gameplay loop longer. barely an hour into the game, the upgrade tree turns into this boring grindfest that only makes what you're already doing over and over again even longer. do not buy.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Decent game, but overall weak in the genre. It could use some balancing. Getting past the 2.5 min mark was a grind, but after that it was very easy to win. Then it becomes a grind if you want all the achievements. The most expensive upgrade by far is one to increase the amount of all currencies gained, but because it's so expensive it is easier to just buy everything else. Small things like that just feel arbitrary...
It's a great mix between an incremental game and a reflex game. I think it's the perfect game to introduce someone who mainly plays chill games to gaming, or even someone who's never played a video game before. (Well, the game gets more complex toward the end, but that's a surprise.)
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Minutescape scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3327170/minutescapeReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.