Gorgeous pixel-art-in-3D visuals
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“The visual polish is incredible. Characters and enemies are remarkably detailed sprites with superb animation cycles.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
ANNO: Mutationem
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%ThinkingStars2022RPG · Action · Adventure
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous 2.5D pixel-and-3D cyberpunk action game with fun, easy combat, but a messy SCP/Evangelion-flavored story that collapses late. Skip it if you want a coherent plot or deep combat.
Great for
Cyberpunk and anime fans who value art, atmosphere and light action over story coherence, ideally on sale
Main risk
The story turns into incoherent SCP-style fantasy and the late game becomes a slog of corridors and lore dumps
What players love
Atmospheric cyberpunk world and setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“somehow Anno does great in pulling you into the screen and immersing you into the city/ or slums”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
Fun, smooth action combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The combat is very smooth and enjoyable.”
Steam review · 21.8 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is amazing, already saved it on a playlist on Spotify”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Likable characters, esp. Ann and Ayane
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Ann and Ayane carry the story well, and their interactions balance serious and light-hearted moments well.”
Steam review · 16.8 h played ↗
Runs well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“Looks great and runs very well on Steam Deck.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Messy, incoherent story that falls apart late
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“I despise this game plot, convoluted, unremarkable and cliche full of lore dumps and info that barely matters to the bigger picture”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Shallow, repetitive combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The combat feels enjoyable, but only for the first two hours; after that, the repetitive button-mashing against enemies becomes irritating.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Weak, flat characters and cringe dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It's one anime cliche after another. The dialogue is so full of it, it felt like they used a lot of words to say absolutely nothing.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Boring pacing, long corridors and padding
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“You'll be wandering long corridors and empty spaces / maps with little to do except see flavor text”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Clunky, stiff controls and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“combat feels like such a horrendously choppy, janky, stiff chore”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Outfit system bugged and other bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The first thing that bothered me was the outfit switching bug, which the devs have acknowledged yet refused to fix”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1(64 bit)
ProcessorIntel i3 4130 / AMD FX 4100
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750 / Radeon HD 7750
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i5 4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GTX 960 / Readon RX 470
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1(64 bit)
ProcessorIntel i3 4130 / AMD FX 4100
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750 / Radeon HD 7750
Storage10 GB available space
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