Nevermind

Nevermind

Skip · Narrative · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 33, under the fair line, at $19.99. Fair at $3.77, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Apr 2015 (lowest $3.99, Jun 2016).

Length
4h 6.2h to 100%
Value
$5.00/hr
Reviews
78% of 440 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.77 or less.

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1841 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

Holding it back
Value$5.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 77% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 90 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

Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

26 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 263 weeks ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 49 percent on value. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Gray Dawn ($19.99, scores 46) beats it on value, while it beats Silver Chains ($24.99, scores 16).

The drop-off

76% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

A rare gem of psychological horror hidden amidst the vast array of games in the genre on Steam. You take on the role of a neurologist dedicated to studying patients' psyches through an experiment that grants access to their deepest traumas, enabling you to assist in their subsequent treatment. I really appreciate games that build a sense of psychological horror through atmosphere rather than relying on cheap jump...
GuilhermeRecommendedafter 14h21 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Excellent. The concept is brilliant. The execution is well done. With Virtual Reality Super Sampling on it looks great. It's a bigger game than you might think. It has some truly creepy and disturbing areas. I will say that at first I was a little confused. When I had the first five photos, I just assumed I had to put all five of those in order. It took me awhile to grasp that one of the photos was disappearing when...
DrWhoFanRecommendedafter 9.6hDec 2022Read on Steam
I really would have liked this game if it wasn't for the fact that you end up being forced to play it at least twice to get all the achievements and "complete the neuromapping". This only feels as a lame way to extend playtime since it doesn't add much to the experience. It is such a shame because the concept inherits some powerful ideas from SF classics as Zelazny's The Dream Master or Cadigan's Mindplayers, and...
DeadpanAllieNot recommendedafter 15hJan 2023Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Nevermind scores 33/100 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/342260/nevermind
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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

DeveloperFlying Mollusk
PublisherFlying Mollusk
GenreNarrative
Released2015
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements17