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Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons

90% positive of 369 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, PlayStation

Made by @unepic_fran. Published by Unepic Games.

About the game

Join Pampas and Selene as they overcome monsters, demons, and the Dark Priest with the help of the gods themselves! Explore this co-opvania 8-bit platformer alone or with a friend. This retro game is a loving tribute to an MSX2 masterpiece from the creator of UnEpic, Ghost 1.0, and UnMetal.

Tagged by players

Metroidvania
Split Screen
1980s
Local Co-Op
Co-op Campaign
Online Co-Op
2D Platformer
Magic
Demons
Medieval
Retro
Pixel Graphics

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
Quite good exploration platformer game with a throwback style. The two characters you swap between are quite well distinguished. The castle is fairly varied, in that retro style where you won't get blown away, but will appreciate the mood changes the various tilesets give you. Stand out would be the Co-Op option. I didn't think it would work, but it works quite well, allowing you to split up and explore…
14 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I played this thing co-op all the way through and it was a lot of fun both teaming up with my Player 2 to tackle bosses and it was fun splitting up and exploring this large world on our own. The game is more a side-scrolling dungeon crawler than a Metroidvania, and the room-to-room gameplay is very engaging. Although its mechanics are simple, they come together to make a tight adventure. The final boss was a spike…
7.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
First let me get the good stuff out of the way: - Faithful to the style of games this is based on - Charming graphical style and music - Easy to pick up and play with a partner Now let's talk about the rest. So this game is kinda hackishly put together and is largely built around fetch quests. A LOT of the game is fetch quests that lead into fetch quests. At first, the premise of a co-operative metroidvania sounds…
7.4 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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