Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics
Skip · Roguelike · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 9, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 4.8h 87.8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.08/hr
- Reviews
- 61% of 428 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
Play your way through the different maps generated with every playthrough, constantly on the move away from the calamity of light, the Shine Raid, to your left and on your final battle with the Fallen Angel Alma. There's no turning back, once this thrilling one-way adventure begins!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 11.0 compatible GPU with at least 512MB of VRAM, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 54 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. On the same math Elin ($19.99, scores 78) and Tangledeep ($14.99, scores 53) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics
HowLongToBeat players log 4.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 88, 18 times as much.
The drop-off
42% start to 10% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 3 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 05:51 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game is a little over-hated. Like everyone, I think the original is overall the better game, but there is fun to be had with this. Pros -It's still OWH, the core gameplay, controls, and victory conditions are the same -WAY more classes to play, tons of new content -World generation feels a little more random with more variety -Tons of stuff to unlock, building the castle feels *slightly* more fleshed out -The...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is a roguelike role-playing game developed and published by Spike Chunsoft, expanding upon the foundation established by the indie title One Way Heroics. Released on Steam and consoles, the game blends traditional roguelike mechanics with elements from the long-running Mystery Dungeon series, creating a unique hybrid experience that mixes strategic turn-based exploration with...
The 30fps compared to the original's 60fps is the only thing needed to mention how bad this is. Forget everything else.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics scores 9/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/409000/mystery-chronicle-one-way-heroicsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.