Anima: Gate of Memories

Wait68%

Mixed · 773 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Anima Project · Action RPG · Jun 3, 2016

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Price
$4.99−75%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
25
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio1 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Anima: Gate of Memories?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 113 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 104 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 99 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 773 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 296 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise25% are divided42% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
113 of 296 sampled reviews raised it
Those were the best part of the story, I loved learning about the bosses as some of them had quite interesting backgrounds.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
104 of 296 sampled reviews raised it
So, mostly Anima have a strong gameplay but there is one thing that annoyed me a lot : plateforms....
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
83 of 296 sampled reviews raised it
Soundtrack of the game is decent as well, however voice acting is on a thin line between being cringy and being funny.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
54 of 296 sampled reviews raised it
Well optimized cel-shaded graphics with impressive amount of assets for small team.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story113 reviews
Gameplay104 reviews
Audio83 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
86% still recommend
Optimization
75% still recommend
Bugs
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
64% still recommend
Difficulty
75% still recommend
Controls
36% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Crashes
80% 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

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$4.99$19.99−75%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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