Visions of Mana

Visions of Mana

Steam Deck Playable

Square Enix · RPG · Aug 29, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $23.99.

78%
Mostly Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 48 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The basic plot and gameplay are fairly tied together: Essentially the party consists of people chosen by the powers that be to represent one of each of the 8 elements.
81 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
In 2024 I half expect most games being released on PC to have all the variable graphics settings options for every category instead of an on/off button for like 5 general settings.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music is a nice mix of tunes that call back to the pipes, steel drums and various wind instruments that made Secret of Mana's soundtrack standout mixed in with some fairly typical RPG fare.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Runs pretty well on Steam Deck if you use FSR2 and shoot for a 30fps lock with high detail settings.
9 of 300 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 love4 themes
Gameplay81 reviews
Graphics70 reviews
Audio64 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters226 reviews
70%
Combat154 reviews
70%
Performance16 reviews
56%
Interface14 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty48 reviews
69%
Crashes15 reviews
47%
Bugs12 reviews
25%
Controls8 reviews
63%

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 $23.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $23.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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