MANDAGON
BANGER · Narrative · 2016
The verdict
PLAY IT.
A BANGER, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 0.7h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4600, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .
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
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Grimm's Hollow (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Friendly Fire (free, scores 82).
Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 157 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 95 percent of everything written about it.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
MANDAGON scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/461560/mandagonReviews 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.
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