The Mirror Lied

The Mirror Lied

Fair · Narrative · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.

Length
0.5h
Price
Free to play
Reviews
88% positive
Length
0.5h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
0.6h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
Free
price ÷ main-story length
Price
Free
Reviews
88%
1,009 reviews, as of Sep 28
Players
75K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2018

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 1024x768 High Color +. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

This isn't a horror game. Nothing will jump out at you.
Description from the Steam store page.

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
ValueFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews88% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 87% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
Length0.5 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

On value it sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 86 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Yume Nikki (free, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Fingerbones (free, scores 52).

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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The Mirror Lied scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/828050/the-mirror-lied
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperFreebird Games
PublisherFreebird Games
GenreNarrative
Released2018