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Yars Rising

81% positive of 216 Steam reviews

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Released
2024
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by WayForward. Published by Atari.

About the game

From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Comic Book
  • 2.5D
  • Side Scroller
  • Cyberpunk
  • Science
  • 2D Platformer
  • Platformer
  • Female Protagonist
  • Action-Adventure
  • Exploration
  • Funny

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Yars Rising is a decent, mid length, kind of basic Metroidvania. With a few *major* caveats. First, the good. The game follow the Metroidvania formula very closely and plays well. I'd have wished for a slightly faster run speed but it's not really an issue. The gameplay was fun enough to get me through the game once and I'm currently trying the unlocked "Pro" mode. Of special note is the "hacking" minigame. You hack…

    17 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Pretty good game. Think Shantae in a cyberpunk setting with little Yar's Revenge like hacking sections.

    7.2 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    okay. so this is a game from the shantae devs. so because of that i gave it a shot, one of my many mistakes. with shantae i don't like the writing, but solid games. but this game, oh this game is sooooo bad (in its writing). pros first: the mini games are really nice. they are basically puzzles in the form of arcade games. the normal gameplay is decent. cons: oh the cons. basically the worst millennial writing known…

    10 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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