miniBONG

miniBONG

Steam Deck Playable

Game Star · Casual · Jun 5, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $0.99.

80%
Very Positive
951 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Monetization: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 110 sampled reviews

Based on 951 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 110 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
there are some untranslated portions of the game that are only in chinese with a healthy amount of typos for the existing english portions. the game uses around 1.5gb vram which seems kind of wild for the action on display here and also considering the game isnt much larger than 300mb. for comparison overwatch 2 uses 1.8gb vram. rich presence exists but could be drastically improved. this is all written out of love and the massive list of positives outweigh these few nags but it's the only way these things could potentially be improved in the future is to raise an issue with them. consider everything else on view to be wonderful. it's a joy to unlock more and more party members and build them out with their own specialty, everything has good feedback into some other system or mechanic so no action or time feels wasted. it would also be really nice to have filters for the items so i dont have to meticulously read each and every line of an item when not looking for energy or power or whatever, it would make stacking skills and all sorts of things way easier, as it is I don't look forward to refreshing my characters gear.
17 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
At first, this idle game felt smooth and enjoyable, memory and power usage were fine, and gameplay was stable.
14 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
Unlike mobile games however, it's nice to just pay for the game and not deal with any cash-shop or anything like that.
9 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Decent soundtrack, a nostalgic artstyle, freedom of customization for your character looks, and big dopamine hits when you drop a destruction rarity that fits in perfectly with what you needed for your next upgrade.
6 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is clean, colorful, and full of energy, channeling a mix of anime and street-inspired design.
5 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The “idle” nature means combat unfolds automatically, allowing you to focus on optimizing gear and adjusting stats between runs.
4 of 110 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters17 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Monetization9 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Combat4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface4 reviews
75%
Optimization3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $0.99 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $0.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
20
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

If you liked this one

Reviewed games that overlap most with this one.

No recommendations for this game yet.

This game doesn’t overlap enough with games Crit has reviewed.