LOST EMBER

LOST EMBER

Skip · Action · 2019

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 47, under the fair line, at $29.99.

Length
4h 11.3h to 100%
Value
$7.50/hr
Reviews
88% of 5,188 positive
It needs 75% off ($7.48) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.48 or less.

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

Holding it back
Value$7.50/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews88% 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
Refunds17 of 699 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

Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 550 Ti 1GB/ Radeon 6950 1GB, 13 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

The lowest price on record is $7.49, set in June 2022. Across all 18 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart.

On value it sits in the top 17 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Omno ($18.99, scores 60) outscores it, and so does Smushi Come Home ($7.99, scores 91). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about LOST EMBER

78 from critics against 88 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Of the 699 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 17 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 506 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.

4 hours to finish it, 11 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.8 times the campaign.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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LOST EMBER scores 47/100 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/563840/lost-ember
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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 26, price as of Aug 29. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+10
Critics78
Players88
Metacritic critics · 5,188 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperMooneye Studios
PublisherMooneye Studios
GenreAction
Released2019
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate