Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $7.99. It has been as low as $5.59.
- Story and characters: 103 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
These dream areas deepen the game’s sense of mystery and reinforce its themes of restoration, memory, and interconnection without relying on explicit narrative exposition.
This design choice makes Mudborne approachable for casual players while still offering enough depth to satisfy those who enjoy systems-driven gameplay.
Visually, Mudborne adopts a pixel-art style that balances charm with atmosphere.
The art style and the sound design is really relaxing.
Towards the end, I did have to write out the combinations before attempting them in the game which is something I enjoyed - I was happy to see the difficulty of the mechanic taken seriously.
Though a little mechanically jank at times on the Steam Deck, I nonetheless found it quite fun to follow along with the story and secrets!
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
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Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.59.
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