Moss: The Forgotten Relic

Moss: The Forgotten Relic

Fair · Action · 2026

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
7.9h
Value
$2.53/hr
Reviews
93% positive
It needs 35% off ($12.98) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Cite this score
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
7.9h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
10.9h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.53
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$19.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
93%
246 reviews, as of Aug 5
Released
2026

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / AMD RX Vega 56 8GB or better, 14.7 GB of storage. Windows only.

Moss: The Forgotten Relic is an emotional and atmospheric adventure set in the pages of a living storybook, brimming with myth and ancient magic. Guide a tiny but determined hero on a heartfelt journey of challenge, courage, and connection.
Description from the Steam store page.

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
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Value$2.53/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Length7.9 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Refunds0 of 293 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $15.99, set in August 2026. It has gone on sale 2 times in the 78 days tracked here, most recently in August 2026.

On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. It scores the same as Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, which costs $39.99. This one is $19.99.

None of the 293 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2026 to August 2026.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 7.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

The drop-off

89% start to <1% 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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Moss: The Forgotten Relic scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3914860/moss-the-forgotten-relic
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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 Aug 5, price as of Oct 1.

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Details

DeveloperPolyarc
PublisherPolyarc
GenreAction
Released2026
Achievements46