My Lovely Daughter
Skip · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 24, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 5.3h 15.9h to 100%
- Value
- $2.83/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 1,313 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
About the game
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities., 348 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
79 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 68 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Little Misfortune ($19.99, scores 59) and The Shrouded Isle ($12.99, scores 26) both outscore it.
More about My Lovely Daughter
Steam's global achievement data puts about 13 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5.3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 1 of the 490 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 280 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 24 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 5.3 hours; clearing it takes 16, which is 3.0 times the campaign.
At 5.3 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
91% start to 13% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
Unfortunately I can't recommend this game. Let me start by listing the positives: -The story is interesting! -The characters are fun. -The world is appealing to me. -The aesthetic in general is well done. However: -The gameplay is tedious and monotonous. -At a certain point you can only wait for the full moon to make some Actual Progress. For reference, the full moon occurs every 4 weeks, so that means doing 4 town...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
4/10 TL;DR Great art style and an interesting concept that is lacking depth, QoL features and the strategies are straight forward without any necessity for trade offs. --- Pros: Overall look and feel [*] Really nice art style [*] Decent music [*] Grim setting and an okish world building Gameplay [*] Speed up time while in the town [*] Game doesn't progress while at home (almost) [*] Shop shows amount of that...
i wouldn't said this is a super good game , thou is interesting idea ... the hint is a bit hard too understand and I have to look up for help just to reach an ending ... the ending wasn't too satisfied either ... is almost not worth replay the game just for other ending but i would said is unique and impactful when you have to sacrifice your creation , thou art and dialouge really make me kinda hard to kill them the...
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Cite this score
My Lovely Daughter scores 24/100 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/580170/my-lovely-daughterReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.