Path to Mnemosyne

Path to Mnemosyne

Skip · Narrative · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 35, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Length
1.8h 2h to 100%
Value
$5.55/hr
Reviews
77% of 251 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

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

Holding it back
Value$5.55/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews77% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 76% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 138 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

Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256MB Graphics, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 94 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 4 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 45 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Children of Silentown ($19.99, scores 52) and Fran Bow ($14.99, scores 83) both outscore it.

The drop-off

54% start to 15% 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

I'm feeling quite conflicted about this one, to be honest. The premise is truly great, I like the idea and the art is flawless and has that trippy vibe. However I believe that the execution of the game could've been better. For example the puzzles are alright but it would've been nice to have more variety, also I found it oftentimes difficult to figure out the solution but that's probably just me being stupid lol. I...
Pat ^_^Recommendedafter 2.0hDec 2024Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The way it shows a surreal and hyper-realistic unique art style within the original corridor is impressive, illustrating the concept of 'moving forward means delving inward.' As implied by the title 'Mnemosyne,' it feels like navigating through an unstable inner path, following the protagonist's memories and unconscious mind. 끝도 시작도 없이 아득한 미로여.
HAYULRecommendedafter 2.8hMar 2024Read on Steam
This concept would of been a lot funner as an adventure game instead of a really asinine puzzle game. At first the puzzles are relatively intuitive or are solved with fair assumption, but an hour in the game introduces this absurd area where you have to navigate exclusively using over a dozen unmarked portals and it just stops being fun. The puzzle in said area is really basic, the entire challenge of the area is...
noe & vylhNot recommendedafter 1.7h5 found this helpfulRead 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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Path to Mnemosyne scores 35/100 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/770410/path-to-mnemosyne
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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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperDevilishGames
PublisherDevilishGames
GenreNarrative
Released2018
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements12