Phoenotopia: Awakening

Phoenotopia: Awakening

Steam Deck Unsupported

Cape Cosmic · Adventure · Jan 21, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

83%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 178 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 157 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 92 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
There are tons of stuff to do and optional content, so having a quest log and a map available at all times would have been useful, but it was definitely manageable without it.
178 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is simply fantastic, there are tons of smart interactions in the game design, the puzzles really test your spatial perception: whether it's activating a switch by angling your slingshot the right way, using projectiles to knock moonstones off their platform, piling up boxes and bombs to gain barely enough height to reach a platform, or completing parkour sections full of arrow traps with well synchronized jumps.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Though if you like movies/anime OST definitely check the soundtrack (it's on spotify).
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
For the graphics, they're pretty nice.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Even Snes games had better controlled better on the snes controller.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters178 reviews
Gameplay75 reviews
Audio49 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface35 reviews
71%
Accessibility20 reviews
75%
Steam Deck7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat157 reviews
76%
Difficulty92 reviews
82%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
33
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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