Gorgeous hand-drawn art
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“This game's art style is amazing. It really feels like a late 90's cartoon.”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗
Dust: An Elysian Tail
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Humble Hearts LLC2013Platformer · Metroidvania · Action
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, heartfelt hand-drawn Metroidvania brawler with fun combos and a charming story, but easy and repetitive. Skip it if you want deep combat.
Great for
Newcomers to Metroidvanias who want a pretty, story-driven, casual combo-based action game
Main risk
Combat is button-mashy and repetitive, so you may get bored or find it too easy
What players love
Heartfelt story and characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“only game thats made me fully cry at the end”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
Fun, fluid combo combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the crowning jewel is the hack n slash combat. I cannot express how fun it is.”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Impressive solo-dev achievement
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“A great metroidvania game made by one dude before Hollow Knight was even in development.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Great voice acting and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the voice acting really carries alongside the art.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Fidget is a delight
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Very nice chars, specially Fidget! Shes such a well written char”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive button-mashing combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“mind-numbing button masher with furry aesthetics NO THANKS”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Cringey dialogue, story and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I cannot look past the game just stopping every 10 seconds to inflict the worst written and acted dialogue since Resident Evil on me.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Divisive furry cartoon art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I unfortunately can't even get past the art style which makes me feel like I'm playing an early 2000's flash game at times.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and platform issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Just keep going right and the game will crash eventually”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Too easy, little challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“it's so simple I could feel my mind frying from lack of any meaningful challenge”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Constant dialogue interrupts gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The flow of exploration is interrupted constantly by dialogue scenes.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support1.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support
Storage1.5 GB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® 9600GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5000+ or better
Storage1.5 GB HD space
OSWindows Vista
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support
Storage1.5 GB HD space
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