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Aqua Boy

90% positive of 11 Steam reviews

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Released
2021
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Duncan Fenn.

About the game

Aqua Boy is a deep sea treasure hunter, but his latest mission has gone drastically wrong! Explore a quirky underwater world packed with secrets in this mini metroidvania.

Tagged by players

  • Underwater
  • Twin Stick Shooter
  • Metroidvania
  • Lore-Rich
  • Side Scroller
  • Old School
  • Hand-drawn
  • Action-Adventure
  • Retro
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Exploration
  • Cute

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This is a short but very charming game. I'm a sucker to see a classic get second life and if you're a "find all the things" kind of person there's a fair amount to do after finishing the main campaign. More like this, please.

    1.7 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    It's fine enough and playable underwater metroidvanias are somewhat uncommon. The biggest issue I had with Aqua Boy is that you can't aim in full 360 degrees (at least not on an Xbox controller), only 90 degree angles. Something I feel is important in an underwater mertroidvania. There is something about the movement too. I don't feel as though I have regular full fluidity of movement. Occasionally I'd want to inch…

    47 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Not a terrible game, but extremely casual and overall pretty boring and uninteresting gameplay. One of the positive reviews says this is a 2 hour metroidvania..........not even close. I fully completed the game missing only 1 item in 33 minutes. I had several issues with the game. -Movement is uninteresting -level and enemy design is extremely simplistic and poses zero challenge -couldnt get the game to run above…

    47 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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