Magma Tsunami

Magma Tsunami

Skip · Short indie · 2016

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 19, under the fair line, at $0.99.

Length
5.5h
Value
$0.18/hr
Reviews
66% of 318 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 2845 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$0.18/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews66% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 8 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

Magma Tsunami is a frenzied arcade platformer game. Beat your records in 1P or Co-op mode, and don't get caught by the Magma Tsunami!!! Could you stay alive for more than one minute??
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.

The value story

6 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 51 percent off across all of them, roughly 4 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 406 weeks ago.

It is cheaper than 82 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball ($1.99, scores 21) beats it on value, while it beats Crystals of Time ($0.83, scores 17).

What players say

Fun and addictive. Pros -Cheap -Good Graphics -Cards -Multiplayer Cons -Music Made me a bit crazy -No achievements Overall: 7/10
PopPunkRecommendedafter 11h7 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
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メᵃʳᶜᵃᵈᵉ™ 💗Recommendedafter 3.4hAug 2025Read on Steam
Mediocre runner that to be honest there's no real reason to pay for. There are better free to play runners out there.
Hustle ButterNot recommendedafter 1.6h13 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Magma Tsunami scores 19/100 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/477290/magma-tsunami
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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.

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Details

DeveloperStrangeLight Games
PublisherStrangeLight Games
GenreShort indie
Released2016
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate