Hidden Paws Mystery
Worth it · Short indie · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $2.79.
- Length
- 2.8h 3.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.00/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 326 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- 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
About the game
What is this cat doing here? And where are his friends? Explore strange and beautiful islands to find all the little kittens hidden there.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Graphics card with 1GB memory, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 84 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 45 percent, about 4 weeks apart. Today's $2.79 at 44 percent off still sits 182 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, A Shelter Full of Cats ($4.99, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats A Little to the Left ($14.99, scores 57).
More about Hidden Paws Mystery
This site sampled 236 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
74% start to 33% 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
It's a really cute game for when you have a little time and want to relax. Sometimes on certain levels, it's pretty tricky because some cats or balls of yarn are hard to find, but even if it takes a little longer, you sometimes think to yourself, "That's pretty cleverly hidden." And I also have to say that, unlike the first game, the backgrounds have a more realistic feel to them, and the developers are very...
2 more reviews
Cute and relaxing. Camera controls are a bit wonky. Glad there are hints for the yarn. I enjoyed it.
Hidden Paws Mystery, developed and published by Manic Hyena, is a gentle and endearing hidden-object adventure that continues the developer's tradition of cozy exploration and tranquil design. Built upon the same foundation as its predecessor, Hidden Paws, this installment expands the scope and imagination of its world while maintaining the series' signature warmth and charm. The premise is simple yet appealing-you...
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Cite this score
Hidden Paws Mystery scores 82/100 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/937850/hidden-paws-mysteryReviews 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.