Mu Cartographer
Fair · Short indie · 2016
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.3h 2.9h to 100%
- Value
- $2.17/hr
- Reviews
- 88% of 233 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.19 or less.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1565 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
Colourful sandbox toy - Experimental treasure hunt. Manipulate an abstract machine to shape and explore colourful landscapes, and find the mysteries hidden in a shifting world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel 4400, GeForce GTX 280, AMD Radeon HD 7750, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 27 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 224 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Moncage ($14.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball ($1.99, scores 21).
What players say
Enhance 224 to 176. Enhance. Stop. Move in. Stop. Pull out, track right. Stop. Center and pull back. Stop. Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop. Enhance 34 to 36. Pan right and pull back. Stop. Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back... Wait a minute. Go right. Stop. Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop. Enhance 15 to 23. Give me a hard copy right there. A liquid expanse, iridescent to my eyes, widens and slows as it plunges...
2 more reviews
Very interesting bite-sized game, you can see all there is to see within 2-3 hours. Most of the interest comes from learning to uses the various tools you have..
I really enjoyed this game figuring out the puzzles and how they work uncovering the story of this strange dimension. The whole experience has this surreal atmosphere and so much of the story is left to the imagination due to the lack of details a lot of the story is a mystery. The visuals are cool the music sounds awesome and fiddling with the knobs and such is a fun experience that is definitely worth 5 dollars.
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Cite this score
Mu Cartographer scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/513360/mu-cartographerReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.