Aaru's Awakening

Wait69%

Mixed · 137 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Lumenox ehf · Indie · Feb 23, 2015

Player review score
69%
Mixed
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
20
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio1 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy Aaru's Awakening?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 137 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 93 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise93 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
38 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay is fair and consistant, which enables the speedrun-elements of the game..
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
23 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
What captivated me most at the beginning were the graphics and animations, which are hand-drawn - every frame of animation, every tiny element.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
22 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
This makes for a pretty interesting story which is narrated though story book cut-scenes between each realm.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
9 of 93 sampled reviews raised it
Stunning hand-drawn graphics, a simple yet beautiful storyline full of symbolic stuff and an awesome soundtrack.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay38 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Story22 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
62% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$14.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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