瓶中精灵 - Fairy in a Jar

瓶中精灵 - Fairy in a Jar

Fair · RPG · 2019

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $1.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
0.7h
Value
$2.84/hr
Reviews
91% of 206 positive
It needs 6% off ($1.87) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.87 or less.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

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$2.84/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews91% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 87% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 83 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

Fairy in a Jar is a short but enchanting fairytale. It tells the story of a fairy who lost their memory and was kept in a jar by a human...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 屏幕能显示就行, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 33 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 20 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is cheaper than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Lar (free, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Little Witch in the Woods ($19.99, scores 62).

The drop-off

82% start to 16% 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

Short RPG maker game with really lovely art. I liked the story? but it is fairly simplistic. The person who said the environment is always the same is also being somewhat unfair. Things do change and there are multiple areas. But the game is pretty short. I didn't find it boring either. But it is short/basic. Go in excepting something like a children's storybook.
zombi★desuRecommendedafter 2.1hNov 2019Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Deutsch (english review below) Fairy in a Jar 《瓶中精灵》 ist ein kleines aber feines Indiespiel welches beweist, dass man auch mit dem RPG-Maker etwas Schönes zaubern kann. Wir spielen einen kleinen Elfenjungen, der ohne Erinnerung in einem Glas aufwacht. Dieses ist hübsch eingerichtet und schon bald merken wir, dass wir mit Absicht von einem Menschen bzw. einem Riesen, wie die Elfen die Menschen nennen, gefangen...
BerserkerBarbieRecommendedafter 4.8h24 found this helpfulRead on Steam
A really fun and meaningful lil adventure!! A lot of fun to play thru and read thru, i just recommend using a guide or saving often if you don't like backtracking :) It does have english text for anyone concerned about not being able to read it
ClarfyRecommendedafter 2.9h6 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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瓶中精灵 - Fairy in a Jar scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/997700/fairy-in-a-jar
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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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

Developer鸬鹚鱼塘
PublisherEternal Dream
GenreRPG
Released2019
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements9