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Auridia

97% positive of 175 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Reed Molbak, Norseboar Games. Published by Reed Molbak, TrueColor Games.

About the game

Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.

Tagged by players

Metroidvania
Lovecraftian
Platformer
Story Rich
Exploration
Atmospheric
Pixel Graphics
Lore-Rich
Investigation
Puzzle
Puzzle Platformer
Adventure

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
This game was played in its entirety (save for five minutes on my partner's Windows PC) on a MacBook Air M1 8gb ram 7c gpu running MacOS Sonoma. There were a few minor bugs, but no crashes throughout my time with the game. All achievements, SAVE ONE, unlocked at their appropriate times. TLDR: An amazing near-zero combat Metroidvania. If exploration and knowledge-seeking are your thing, this is an amazing adventure…
11 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This is a cool game, it's actually exactly the kind of game I love, but there's just too much story/reading/talking/details for me. That is NOT down my alley, unless the story is very interesting and enthralling it just goes over my head when I'm reading blocks of text so I end up just wanting to skip over it all because I know I will not retain the info. That's a personal preference but it's a big one. An example…
51 min played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Was excited to play since I had heard good things. Unfortunately, I immediately ran into an issue with my controller, and was unable to 'drop down' from platforms. I opened up the discussion pages, and lo and behold it's one of the first issues that pops up, with the dev deciding it was okay to ship with after trying to fix it. Can't recommend what I can't play.
15 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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