Karma. Incarnation 1
Fair · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.5h 5.7h to 100%
- Value
- $2.00/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 366 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2909 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel GMA 3000, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
13 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 416 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 16 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 70 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Machinarium ($19.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats LUNA The Shadow Dust ($19.99, scores 53).
More about Karma. Incarnation 1
Critics scored it 66. Players sit 16 points higher at 82 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Finishing takes 2.5 hours; clearing it takes 6, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
16% start to 3% rarestNo 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 delightful little game! Very beautiful and unique artstyle, with lush colourful environments, cute characters, and a sweet if simple storyline. The "puzzles" are pretty easy to solve so there's not much of a challenge, however the main draw of the game is simply exploring this creative and imaginative world. A lot of times I found myself clicking on objects over and over again just to see the funny animations! And...
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Fun but also meaningful psychedelic game. Somewhere it's even non-linear based on your decisions. So sad that there are no next series. Nice art and gameplay.
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Cite this score
Karma. Incarnation 1 scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/394700/karma-incarnation-1Reviews 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.