Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
Worth it · Short indie · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 8.3h
- Value
- $0.60/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD4000, AMD HD 6550D (or higier), 256Mb video memory, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Welcome to the Glass Masquerade sequel - an artistic puzzle game inspired by stained glass artisans and Wonderland depictions of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to solve every riddle and free yourself from a tangled dream.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.24, set in June 2021. 43 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 65 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Glass Masquerade ($4.99, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP ($7.99, scores 44).
2 of the 493 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 310 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
8.3 hours to finish it, 20 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.4 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
95% start to 14% rarestNo 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
First of all: it's really beautiful and a very relaxing game. As with the first of the series I still wish you could zoom out in the world overview to see your level progress and find new ones to play, that's a bit annoying honestly but it doesn't impair the actual gameplay in any way, so whatever. Second: after switching computers I had a terrible bug that prevented the game from actually starting. I tried all I...
Having played all 4 of the Glass Masquerade games I can confidently define this to be the most perfect title in the franchise. Not only is it the hardest one by far (although with a well-made difficulty curve for each "wing"), but it requires you to complete the entire game on the harder difficulty for you to get all achievements, which just fuels the desire to play it by a lot. I do have issues with the actual...
A beautiful, unique take on jigsaw puzzles. Gorgeous art, intuitive gameplay and incredible music. The new, higher difficulty mode was a very nice addition, and made it even more fun than the first game in the series for me.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/935880/glass-masquerade-2-illusionsReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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