Emotional, compelling story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The story is something else.”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%RedCandleGames2024Metroidvania · Souls-like · Platformer
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A stylish Taopunk metroidvania with excellent parry-based, Sekiro-like boss fights and a moving story. Skip it if you dislike parrying, heavy dialogue or steep final-boss spikes.
Great for
Fans of Sekiro and Hollow Knight who enjoy learning boss patterns, parrying and story-rich games
Main risk
The whole game revolves around parrying, and the final boss spikes in difficulty.
What players love
Stunning hand-drawn art style
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Art team was probably on crack, since everytime you stop, you could take a screenshot and make it your new wallpaper.”
Steam review · 34.8 h played ↗
Memorable boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“One of the best final boss fights in gaming, and am not exaggerating by any margin.”
Steam review · 34.8 h played ↗
Excellent music and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Add to that the beautiful scoring, which is better than alot of movies I've seen”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Satisfying parry-based combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The timing feels incredibly responsive and fluid, and for me, it’s simply the best parry system I’ve experienced in any game.”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
Fair difficulty with customizable Story Mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“I really appreciated that the devs let their players customize the difficulty to their hearts content!”
Steam review · 36.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, shallow combat and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Every fight feels the same.”
Steam review · 36.9 h played ↗
Entire game hinges on parrying
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“By the end of the game, the boss fights consist of 75% parrying, which should tell you whether this game will be for you or not.”
Steam review · 38.8 h played ↗
Bad hitboxes and unresponsive controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“In at least half of the more difficult fights I am regularly hit by attacks where I am not visually in the hitbox.”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Too much unskippable dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I don’t want to read 9 hours of dialogue; I have books for that.”
Steam review · 34.7 h played ↗
Confusing map and tedious backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Its really hard to understand where youre supposed to go. Also, I wanted to mention that the map in this game is garbage.”
Steam review · 25.8 h played ↗
Final boss difficulty spike
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The difficulty spike from the previous bosses is huge and unexpected”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage15 GB available space
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