Chime

Chime

Worth it · Short indie · 2010

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The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $4.99, a BANGER if it drops to $3.22.

Length
2.2h 21.9h to 100%
Value
$2.27/hr
Reviews
94% of 785 positive
It needs 35% off ($3.22) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.22 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 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
Reviews94% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 92% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Value$2.27/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 80 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

A Zoë Mode production for the video game charity initiative OneBigGame, Chime pits gamers against the melody in this acclaimed puzzle experience.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, VGA, 184 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 45 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 12 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $3.22. The record reaches that level 45 times.

On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, FRAMED Collection ($1.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians ($9.99, scores 37).

More about Chime

Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 100 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 2.2 hours. Doing everything runs 22, 10.0 times as long.

The drop-off

98% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Strangely addictive, it's somewhat like tetris only slightly different If you like tetris and electronica this is a no-brainer get it today, it's well woth the price. update: after nearly 200 hours in this game I have to say that this is an amazing game, and i am certain i will spend many many more hours playing this wonderful game.
AWESOMECAKESRecommendedafter 199h37 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
This is my soothing activity when I'm too exhausted to think about anything but shapes. As you can see, I've needed a lot of soothing in the last ten years.
Dammit MoonMoonRecommendedafter 1128h15 found this helpfulRead on Steam
The most relaxing game ever! Love the music. There are easy modes and competitive modes. To me its a really unique take of tetris.
Eating HatredRecommendedafter 46hJun 2024Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Chime scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/62100/chime
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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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperZoë Mode
PublisherOneBigGame
GenreShort indie
Released2010
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements15