DarkMaus

DarkMaus

Fair · RPG · 2016

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
5.5h 8h to 100%
Value
$0.91/hr
Reviews
81% of 438 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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 1554 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

Raising the score
Value$0.91/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews81% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 80% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 83 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

DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Shader Model 3. If you have a laptop, be sure to choose your dedicated GPU!, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 31 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 222 weeks ago.

Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Salt and Sanctuary ($17.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Death's Gambit: Afterlife ($19.99, scores 52).

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
DarkMaus scores 58/100 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/406130/darkmaus
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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.

Critics vs players-2
Critics83
Players81
Metacritic critics · 438 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperDaniel Wright
PublisherDaniel Wright
GenreRPG
Released2016
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate