Mini Ninjas

Mini Ninjas

Worth it · Action · 2009

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$9.99Worth it

Typical seasonal cut

$1.4985% offWorth it

Cost per hour▼
$1.30/hr
ReviewsA
90% of 4,835
Critics
74 players 16 higher
Genre rank
Top 2% Action

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.49 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
7.7h
To 100%
15.6h 2.0x the story

Price and sales

Sales
89 on record
Typical cut
85% off
Steam low
$1.49 November 2017
Sale every
45d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.20 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
4 now
Cheaper than
24% of its genre
Better reviewed
96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

89 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 85 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy ($39.99, scores 71) and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart ($59.99, scores 51).

More about Mini Ninjas

74 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Of the 486 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 1,046 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 7.7 hours; clearing it takes 16, which is 2.0 times the campaign.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 7.7 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 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
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.30/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Refunds4 of 486 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

honest review here. i played this game years ago on the wii and always been one of my favourite games. now i am aware there are issues with the game having micro-stutters now if that happens search mini ninjas pcgaming wiki and scroll until you see the micro stutter click the github link and put the file in the main game file then launch thru steam and it should work then u can delete the file. dont worry it is not...
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 3.0hAug 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
Favorite game my older sister :D It's a pleasant game, but honestly, after all these years, it's a bit boring ;)
SkyRecommendedafter 8.0hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Mini Ninjas is a game that combines furious action with stealth and exploration for an experience that appeals to a wide audience across age groups and preferences. It’s an action-adventure with a strong focus on allowing the player freedom to explore the world and has the depth to allow for very varied gameplay and approaches to getting...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 5.9 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Mini Ninjas scores 73/100 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/35000/mini-ninjas
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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 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+16
Critics74
Players90
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 4,835 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperIO Interactive
PublisherSquare Enix
GenreAction
Released2009
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate