Mind Spheres

Mind Spheres

Skip · Short indie · 2016

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 36, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Length
0.8h
Value
$6.24/hr
Reviews
77% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
0.8h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
1.1h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$6.24
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$4.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
77%
832 reviews, as of Sep 28
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2016

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 (or better), 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Inspired by two not so different worlds, Mind Spheres brings you an exclusive and awesome experience. A physics puzzle with minigolf + pinball unique mashup. Figure out puzzles in order to proceed to the next level.
Description from the Steam store page.

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
Engagement3% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$6.24/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews77% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 76% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Length0.8 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 181 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $0.28, set in November 2022. It has been discounted 98 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 72 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.

On value it sits in the top 36 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Zup! 8 ($1.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Wordle ($30.62, scores 30).

Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 0.8-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 163 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 53 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

5% start to 3% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 0.8-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Mind Spheres scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/498660/mind-spheres
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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 28, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMicroblast Games
PublisherSA Industry
GenreShort indie
Released2016
Achievements11