Anachronox on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.

Anachronox is a rpg, cyberpunk and sci-fi game developed by and published by Square Enix.
Released on October 17th 2013 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 582 reviews of which 435 were positive and 147 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 0.83€ on Steam with a 86% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Anachronox into these genres:

RPG Cyberpunk Sci-fi Comedy Classic Turn-Based Singleplayer Funny Third Person Adventure Story Rich JRPG Atmospheric Cult Classic Great Soundtrack

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
DirectX: Version 7.0
Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025

This game is a delightful story wrapped in a barely playable game in 2025. It may not be long before this dated game can still be played. This game is 100% story and humor-driven and its good that both are better than most games. I would not recommend this for players that do not have patience to read.

July 2025

The game has a really good story, with very charming characters and relationships, and very ambitious cinematography. The soundtrack is atmospheric oozing personality. This is a very one of a kind game. However, the gameplay can be bothersome. It distracts from the main goal at times, the combat can take forever at times, and the puzzles can be very annoying and hard to figure out. But if you can take that on, or use a walkthrough, you're bound to have an amazing time. A true 7/10, if you know what I mean.

July 2025

The game is slow and a little tedious but it is fun and funny. The characters are mostly likable and the story gets interesting. The gameplay feels mostly like a 3D point and click adventure game where u explore and solve simple puzzles and then there is combat. Combat is turn based ,JRPG Style, but it feels a little bit too slow and not complex enough to be entertaining. I didnt hate the combat but its also not a selling point. overall the game was fun to play thorough, Its just unfortunate that there is no sequel. I recommend this game to jrpg fans that want something a little slower and funny, If you dont like jrpgs its still worth a shot for the humor.

May 2025

There will never be another game like Anachronox. It is truly wonderful hidden gem; almost a masterpiece. The story, dialogue, atmosphere, music, and characters are all superb. Combat is a pretty slow, but all right nevertheless. You can really tell that the developers put a lot of love into this game.

March 2025

Pretty cool for an unfinished game! I think it goes unsaid that the fighting mechanics was treacherous and repetitive, so it was easy to find it dull unfortunately. The story is quite interesting and grand but I did feel that they dragged it out. Loved the aesthetic, sense of humor and life it had which I thought were it's biggest strengths. Every dialogue with every character was interesting and the worlds were so different from one another, not to mention the cool backstory and distinct vibe of each world too. One can only wonder what the proper finished product would've been like, way ahead of its time! Worth every loonie ;)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Anachronox is currently priced at 0.83€ on Steam.

Anachronox is currently available at a 86% discount. You can purchase it for 0.83€ on Steam.

Anachronox received 435 positive votes out of a total of 582 achieving a rating of 7.11.

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Anachronox was published by Square Enix.

Anachronox is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Anachronox is not playable on MacOS.

Anachronox is not playable on Linux.

Anachronox is a single-player game.

Anachronox does not currently offer any DLC.

Anachronox does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Anachronox does not support Steam Remote Play.

Anachronox is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Anachronox.

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