Little Mouse's Encyclopedia
Worth it · Short indie · 2019
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99, a BANGER if it drops to $2.43.
- Length
- 1.2h 1.7h to 100%
- Value
- $4.16/hr
- Reviews
- 96% of 318 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.43 or less.
Buy now or wait
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
An interactive encyclopedia for kids and their parents.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 696 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 36 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $2.43 BANGER line 15 times.
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, APICO ($19.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Botanicula ($14.99, scores 68).
More about Little Mouse's Encyclopedia
This site sampled 240 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 96 percent of the 181 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 64 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
74% start to 9% 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
Wonderful cozy and relaxing informative game, if you like nature and cute animations get this one!! has some interesting animals and facts.
2 more reviews
Its great for what its intended to be. An educational game for kids. The artstyle is cute with calm yet still colourful world. Language barrier might made it a bit unenjoyable for some kids like my sibling, but they still love to walk around and click on everything to hear the birds singing, or the animals moving around. Also personally for me who loves learning about animals and plants, this is also quite fun...
This is not really a typical game; it's more like an encyclopedia for kids. You steer a mouse and can discover certain animals and plants. Nevertheless: Some animals interact with the player figure. My advise is: If you have a kid that likes little games, buy this. The kid should either be able to read, or you should sit next to it. I'd say around 5-12 years, or depending on how much the kid loves nature. Then: Go...
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Cite this score
Little Mouse's Encyclopedia scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/424200/little-mouse-s-encyclopediaReviews 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.