Poi
Fair · Action · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.7h 8.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.75/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 745 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.54 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $4.99 (50% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Poi is a 3D platformer featuring two kids on a grand adventure to unravel the mysteries of the Milky Way Globe. Explore uncharted lands, compete in challenge levels, meet quirky characters and defeat comical creatures on a journey to become a Master Explorer.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Integrated Graphics, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 47 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, TY the Tasmanian Tiger ($7.49, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Yooka-Laylee ($19.99, scores 39).
More about Poi
At 5.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
70% start to 7% 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
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 14:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
If you were to look at Poi and think "this looks like budget Super Mario Sunshine"... You'd be right ! It shares the same gameplay, is structured the same way, and even references it countless times. It could have easily just been another cheap imitation, but instead feels like it was crafted with care by someone who really liked the original. So if you did too, it could be worth your time. Visually, Poi is very...
1 more review
This is a delightful platformer. I took a long time to finally get around to playing it because I was turned off by the character designs. That was a huge mistake, as the game is extremely charming and smooth to play. The movement is sublime, and scales well at higher framerates. The level designs are great, and the environment graphics are significantly more impressive and inspired than the human character designs...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Poi scores 67/100 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/401810/poiReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.