Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell

Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell

Worth it · Short indie · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it at $4.99. Typically $2.24 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hour▼
$2.77/hr
ReviewsS
98% of 660
Genre rank
Top 1% Short indie

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
It needs 1% off ($4.94) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.94 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
1.8h
To 100%
1.9h 1.1x the story
Achievements
5

Price and sales

Sales
77 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$1.49 December 2022
Sale every
36d last October 2026
Lowest now $2.49 at GOGall-time low $1.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
32% of its genre
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

52% start to 26% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 77 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tormentum - Dark Sorrow ($3.95, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats LUNA The Shadow Dust ($13.99, scores 59).

More about Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell

This site sampled 272 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 97 percent of the 250 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 42 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 96% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.77/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
Refunds0 of 272 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

What players say

Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell is a kinetic visual novel that has a mildly interesting story coupled with beautiful visuals and sounds. The story is structured as a short fairy tale (beatable/readable in 2-3 hours), so there are limitations on how deep it can get. Although it got interested towards the end, it didn't strike me too interesting for most of it. It was a good experience, but not too memorable of a story...
berzha101Recommendedafter 6.6hJul 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
I usually don't tend to go outta my way to do non-joke reviews for VNs but this one hit a very soft spot in my heart so may as well. It's just a real pretty fairy tale about what truly makes a person happy, entirely done through CGs (zero character portraits) in a children's book artstyle. Can't talk much about it without getting into spoiler territory so if you have spare time, give it a read, it's cheap and short...
KepperRecommendedafter 2.4h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell by ALICE IN DISSONANCE is a deeply moving visual novel that masterfully blends fairy tale aesthetics with mature, thought-provoking themes. Set within the universe connected to the fault series, the game stands on its own as a poignant narrative about innocence, hope, and the search for belonging. The story follows two orphaned children, Mhakna and Sebiarno, who escape the harsh...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 8.7hSep 2025Read on Steam

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

About the game

Written in the style of a children’s book, Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell is a Cinematic Novel about two children named Mhakna and Sebiarno that escape the wretched Mullbear Orphanage with the help of a Fairy named Bell, who promises eternal happiness as long as they agree to never grow up.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 3000, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/753220/mhakna-gramura-and-fairy-bell
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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 Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperALICE IN DISSONANCE
PublisherALICE IN DISSONANCE
GenreShort indie
Released2018
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements5