Posted on: January 17, 2025
Vitor_Sartori
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great game
nostalgic and great game for metroidvania fans
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Alwa's Awakening
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In Alwa's Awakening you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. Equipped only with a magic staff she awakens in a distant land and must set out to help the people. Traverse dangerous dungeons, meet interesting and fun characters and explore the world in this 8-bit adventure game. Just like the old classics you won't have a flashing arrow telling you exactly where to go and what to do next. Instead you are free to find your own way and by using your magic staff you can progress through the over 400 unique challenging rooms in the game.
Alwa’s Awakening is a game that tries to stay as close as possible to the authentic 8-bit look with sweet pixel art, a soundtrack filled with catchy chiptunes and so much charm it’ll bring you right back to the NES era. With easy to understand controls the game is easy to learn but tough to master, just like how games were in the old days!
Alwa’s Awakening is a game that tries to stay as close as possible to the authentic 8-bit look with sweet pixel art, a soundtrack filled with catchy chiptunes and so much charm it’ll bring you right back to the NES era. With easy to understand controls the game is easy to learn but tough to master, just like how games were in the old days!
A retro game with an authentic feel
- A new challenging NES-inspired adventure game with the authentic feel and look of a Nintendo 8-bit game. Inspired by classics such as Battle of Olympus and Solstice.
Use your magic staff
- Equip a magic staff that holds many mysterious powers. Use it to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in over 400 unique rooms. Upgrade your staff by finding new gemstones.
You are Zoe
- Play as Zoe who has been sent for to help free the land of Alwa. With easy to understand controls, you'll jump and fight your way through the many different challenging rooms.
Explore the land of Alwa
- Explore a large interconnected map in true ‘Metroidvania’ style. Play the game any way you want and find your own way through the land of Alwa.
Find new items and learn new abilities
- Find and unlock a slew of different objects throughout the adventure that will both give Zoe new abilities as well as unlock new areas.
An 8-bit soundtrack
- Listen to a completely new 8-bit soundtrack with over 25 new original tracks composed by Robert Kreese. Also features a guest track by Prof. Sakamoto.
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7 hMain
9.5 h Main + Sides
10 h Completionist
9 h All Styles
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Critics reviews
God is a Geek
7/10
It's definitely worth a shot if you’re hankering for a bit of old school platforming action.
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7/10
Alwa's Awakening takes its players to pretty pixelated places filled with NES challenge, but mars the whole experience with a clumsy magic system that makes the game's difficult platforming segments needlessly frustrating.
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7/10
Alwa's Awakening makes a number of questionable choices with its slow gameplay mechanics, but the core experience provides fun and challenging platforming and magic abilities.
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Posted on: March 16, 2025
Absentiaomiso
Verified ownerGames: 128 Reviews: 6
Use blocks, bubbles and lighting.
I like the fact the movement and plataforming is the result of spells like the green block and the blue bubble instead of gaining double jump or changing the way she moves though it feels a bit restictive in the begining when you have no spells it gets a lot better as you progress.
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Posted on: March 16, 2025
kablounack3
Verified ownerGames: 299 Reviews: 5
Nice surprise
Controls are good, tunes and design are plaisant. I like playing this game. Sometimes, it's hard but fun and motivating.
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Posted on: April 11, 2025
pairosto
Verified ownerGames: 143 Reviews: 2
Great 8-bit fun
Brings back memories from the past, and still it brings out the modern Metroidvania-style as well. Allthough not many buttons to keep track of, it can still be some frustrating platform-issues when you´re about to combine magic. Overall, a solid game!
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Posted on: May 30, 2025
Bollazza
Verified ownerGames: 405 Reviews: 1
Great old style metroidvania
Great old style metroidvania. It would be a great SnES game.
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