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A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Anodyne is a action-adventure, nonlinear and exploration game
developed by Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka
and published by Analgesic Productions.
Released on March 22nd 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 7 languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese and Italian.
It has received 990 reviews of which 851 were positive and 139 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.54€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Anodyne into these genres:
Action-Adventure
Nonlinear
Exploration
Surreal
Psychological
Pixel Graphics
Top-Down
Retro
2D
Dark
Adventure
Atmospheric
Combat
Singleplayer
Indie
Action
Controller
Great Soundtrack
Puzzle
Casual
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Anodyne:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| Italian | |||
| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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Windows
- OS *:Windows XP
- Processor:1.5 GHz, single core
- Memory:1 GB RAM
- Graphics:Any
- Hard Drive:200 MB HD space
- Sound:Any
- Additional:This is not a GPU-intensive game.
MacOS
- OS:10.6 or Newer
- Processor:Intel 1.5 Ghz, single core
- Memory:1 GB RAM
- Graphics:Any
- Hard Drive:200 MB HD space
- Sound:Any
- Additional:This is not a GPU-intensive game.
Linux
- Processor:1.5 GHz, single core
- Memory:1 GB RAM
- Graphics:Any
- Hard Drive:200 MB HD space
- Sound:Any
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Note: I played a couple of hours of the Steam version, but ultimately beat the game on Switch. Both versions are the same. Anodyne is a surreal game with some hard to follow plot elements, but mainly plays like a Game Boy Zelda game, albeit with less items to swap between. There are several entertaining dungeons and bosses, and a lot of overworld exploration, some of it required and some for optional collectibles. The ultimate meaning of the game is still debated online, but as you seem to be exploring someone's subconscious, it can have some very unsettling elements, while not being an outright horror game. I really enjoyed the unusual atmosphere. As for negatives, some of the puzzles can be a little unpolished, and the difficulty isn't going to push you very hard. If you haven't been looking carefully for items along the way, you may get blocked from finishing the game until you do some backtracking later. But there's a good several hours of content here that's worth trying.
A weird dream adventure with Yume Nikki feel, in pocket Zelda format . . . and probably some metaphors too While I'm not the most ardent fan of bluntly metaphoric storytelling, oneiric weirdness and cucumber-cool atmosphere get me with some frequency. So it is here! Instead of a sword, Young early on equips a broom for his subconsciousness quest -- he can load it up with clots of dust he can deposit to block projectiles or even power machines, which is not something I've seen in any game, quite. Also, it functions as an ordinary stabby Zelda sword (because it would be kind of inconvenient to kill everything with some roundabout sweeping mechanic). The overworld is a smorgasboard of gently odd discovery and funny, silly characters. The dungeons are short, sweet, and plentiful -- built simply enough to solve quickly, but open-ended enough that you have some active pleasure in their completion. They're nicely addictive! Once I started on one, I had to whip right through and get everything inside. I whistled all the dungeon themes and most of the music constantly while I was playing the game -- all the neat little ghost tunes of the digital ghost world -- and though I don't remember any of them now , they must have been pretty invasive at the time. (It's like you remember the ghost, but not the ghost's face.) The general roving is pleasant, but the small, square, GBA-style "screen" is a bit cramped for the design of the bosses -- for the frantic bloody goop monster, for the nightmare hobo of the hotel-top, especially -- which means that trying to move around strategically will just get you flustered and killed, so it's better to wail on them in a few select spots till they're dead. The last two encounters, with lots of hopping to avoid things, are the exceptions. A concentration on that third pseudo-dimension makes the difference! So what does it all mean? What is the metaphor matrix, here? That Young spends too much time in worlds of cultural creation, tapping at vidya, hoarding cards? Some indications point to this, while others seem to poke fun at this very criticism: the boss called the Wall, for instance, who mispronounces Young's name on purpose , and denigrates his love of "Nintandos" and card collection. (I love this encounter!) Or maybe not, after all. There are a bunch of things in there about "waking up" and "dealing with people." Whatever the case, it's just a fact that human beings tend to get "trapped" in sub-worlds anyway, and it's not something to get torn up about -- not unless hallucinations are involved. All around us, people are completely and willingly hypnotized, for instance, by the news media of their choice. Whose fault is it when the missiles fly and things come apart? Probably the "demonrats" or "cuckservatives," or even the people getting bombed -- never the obvious culprits they'd rather not consider. Sports fans live with one foot (at least) in Ball World until the day they die. Movie fans traverse the Cinemascape for untold kalpas of subjective time. (Don't I know it! Don't I love it!) Have you considered how much in-gazing it takes to just read a novel, much less write one? (And it doesn't even have to be a very good one!) Ever fold an origami figure? While you do it, you are out of it, brother. I guess we humans just don't find bare, Rex Mundi reality very satisfying. So pick yer poison, matey! Pick your haze ! You're gonna have one, regardless! (That thing the Wall does to Young I always call DVPM : Dismissal Via Purposeful Mispronunciation. As in, "That ol' sashi , that raw fish or somethin'? Not for me, no sir!" You know damned well how to say it, you salt of the earth idiot!)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Anodyne is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.
No, Anodyne is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Anodyne received 851 positive votes out of a total of 990 achieving a rating of 8.15.
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Anodyne was developed by Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka and published by Analgesic Productions.
Yes, Anodyne is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Anodyne is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Anodyne is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Anodyne is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Anodyne is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Anodyne does not support VR.
Anodyne is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Anodyne. Explore additional content available for Anodyne on Steam.
No, Anodyne does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Anodyne does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Anodyne 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.
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Melos Han-Tani,
Marina Kittaka
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Analgesic Productions
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