PAC-MAN 256
Worth it · Roguelike · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 4.1h
- Value
- $1.22/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Nvidia 8800, Radeon HD35xx, Intel HD 4000+, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
PAC-MAN 256 is the maze that never ends. But the Glitch is coming for you…
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
The value story
December 2016 is where it bottomed out, at $1.99. It has been discounted 69 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 17 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games closest to it, PARTICLE MACE ($4.99, scores 73) and Sonic Mania ($19.99, scores 65) both come in lower.
3 of the 350 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 357 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 4.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 19, 4.6 times as much.
The drop-off
46% start to 4% 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
12 players online when we last checked, on Sep 25, 23:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I remember playing this game with Crossy Road on the phone for a while. Really fun Pac Man game.
Ok, now that I am not angry anymore I'll make a proper review I still don't recommend the game I am someone that likes pacman, I own a couple of Pac-Man games and I found most of them fun, but the thing with this one is that it's only fun the first hour and a half or so Don't get me wrong, this is probably a very good game to have in your phone, but for steam? not so much Sadly I am the type of person that likes to...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
PAC-MAN 256 scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/455400/pac-man-256Reviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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