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Mango

Sad Mask Party · NILWARE · 2021-11-23

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Nov 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

90%
positive of 134 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

It tells a story about reality, dreams, illness, alternate methods of treatment, escape, death, rebirth, denial and acceptance. It has an off-kilter tone that can shift from overly chill to downright scary. Often it resembles an acid trip, or an interactive dream emulation.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 27,865 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 134 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2025-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620212026Week of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

25
achievements tracked
80.9%
earned "Can't miss this one"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Latin America, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-19 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DIndieCasualSurrealAdventureLore-RichDark HumorStory RichPsychedelicExperimental

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