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Angeline Era
Developer Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka, Analgesic Productions
Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight! Travel and fight through a vast, unmarked overworld. The next surprise is only a single search away! From the Steam store page
362 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
221 positive · 18 negative
95% range 88–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 221 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 58 | 0 | 54 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
654 of 679 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 220 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 238 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (687 of 717 positive).
Some find the game's difficulty and level design frustrating. [1][2][3] Many highlight the game's confident, experimental nature. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [2]
I want to finish this game in hopes that I can discover the reasons for its (currently) high review, but the longer I play the less I'm enjoying it. Exploration. The game presents itself as having a focus on exploration and discovery but this is shallow, to the point of lying. I'm over a couple of areas into the game and all of the overworld levels have been fairly obvious to their location, there was never any …
- [14]
Whatever you think this game is, dispel that notion. This game feels like a PSX game that you, in a fever dream, vaguely remember playing as a child but, in the present, realize that you cannot remember its name or find anyone else that knows what you're talking about. It ventured to places that I couldn't have possibly predicted, and then kept going. The gameplay is deceptively simple: bump into things to interact …
- [7]
Angeline Era is a game about the joys of discovery. It's a brilliant game that certainly has novelty through its bump combat system (which hasn't been seen since what, Lagoon in 1990?), but is filled with so many smart decisions and personal touches that it's hard not to smile when you're playing it. Its main claim to fame is the search mechanic, through which a single button reveals any nearby secrets. It's a …
- [1]
A fair warning to those wanting this game, there is good and bad things about this game and it is plain to see from the very beginning: The Good: -Fun dialouge, secrets, exploration. -A charming atmosphere and setting with quirky bosses and characters. -Easy to understand controls with a unique battle system. -Skill based combat (everything is laid bare from the first encounter onwards, if ya cant handle inferno or …
- [4]
Just beat the game. This game is beautiful. Its uncompromising, innovative and experimental. The passion project of a real visionary. Play it if you like games that want to offer you a new experience. Other games that made me feel this way were Inscryption, Void Stranger and Everhood. Unique fun experiences that reminded me that we don't have to keep playing the same old ♥♥♥♥.
Summarised from 34 of the 346 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Angeline Era sits at 92% positive across 239 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 362 · most liked firstIt's finally coming!! On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!! It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight. Please look forward to it!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
positive · AI labelView post →ANGELINE ERA IS NOW OUT ON STEAM!!! In this 3D ACTION ADVENTURE GAME... 🔍Every level is hidden in plain sight… 🗺️… so chart your own path through the world! ⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places… 👼 and a soul-shattering story! PLAY TODAY! BUMPSLASH TIME! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →"bumpslash action-adventure epic" Angeline Era will release on switch/ps45 on September 2nd!!! Are You Courageous Enough To Bumpslash...? Overcome foes in a novel combat system in a wild world that even has action game veterans rage quitting to 2 star reviews...
neutral · AI labelView post →I featured the demo for Angeline Era in a video about 1.5 years ago (it had the 1 fish, 2 fish... 32 fish boss), but the full game just released and I'm really enjoying it so far. Rare that I play a game as delightfully playful and tightly designed as this. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
positive · AI labelView post →Angeline Era received Grand Prize and Design nominations in the 2026 Independent Games Festival!! (This was our 2nd IGF Grand Prize nom after Anodyne 2!) To celebrate this, the game is on sale. Come explore (and perish in) the world of Era!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era: Every level is hidden in plain sight in this nonlinear 3D Bumpslash Action-Adventure game! han-tani.itch.io/angeline-era
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is part of the first ever nonbinary-dev led game event on steam!! store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #NonbinaryCodedGames
neutral · AI labelView post →Inspired by some other game dev friends, for those who can't pay for Angeline Era right now, I'll be making some free itch io community copies for Angeline Era available periodically! Scroll down and click "Claim access" here: han-tani.itch.io/angeline-era
neutral · AI labelView post →I've got a new home for my blog that finally isn't Substack! And a new fun post where I discuss 27 Tips on how to design Bumpslash combat games like Angeline Era. Perhaps the Action-inclined may be interested. buttondown.com/melodicambie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is a love letter to one of my favorite games: "WALKING", for the console "OUTSIDE"! AE's world mirrors the real world: Confounding, Mystifying... AE's also a Site of Reversible Destiny-like.Visiting in the rain was huge for the action design: melodicambient.substack.com/p/exploring-...
positive · AI labelView post →Thanks everyone! We're so thankful Angeline Era was recognized in this year Game Award.
neutral · AI labelView post →looking for a Next Fest demo to stream? Try my game Angeline Era, whose Next Fest demo is out early!! ⚔️ wild Bumpslash Action 🗺️ mysterious exploration.. 🐟 strange bosses 🎮 Great for fans of Ys Origin, Tunic, 2D Zeldas, action like Mega Man! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
positive · AI labelView post →New blogpost on some @angelineera.bsky.social game design! Come and learn.. '6 Tips For Making Angeline Era-style Exploration'. buttondown.com/melodicambie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Huff my stinky pits while I game, pup. More Angeline Era today! Might drift into somethin else later, not sure yet :3 twitch.tv/itisidog
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy to announce you can now buy WORLD MAP POSTER of ANGELINE ERA!!! This is a collab with @vgcartography.bsky.social who makes a lot of great video game maps. Get out the full-size poster with each overworld region over at our merch store!!! analgesicproductions.bigcartel.com/product/ange...
neutral · AI labelView post →One of many "Objects" you will encounter in my action adventure game Angeline Era
neutral · AI labelView post →‼️ NEW VIDEO ‼️ In a time where most games bombard players with heaps of excess information, one indie game dared to ask "What if knowing 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 actually made the game more fun to play and actually explore?" That game is Angeline Era - and it's easily one of 2025's best games. youtu.be/eckwTyQeflE
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't believe it, but Angeline Era releases in TWO DAYS!! Testplayers are calling it the "Action-Adventure Game of the Era". Little Fairy can't wait to meet you. As well as a mysterious ship, and your mighty Goat mount. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →TONIGHT AT 8:30PM ET! We're checking out ANGELINE ERA, a throwback 3D action-adventure game where EVERY LEVEL is hidden somewhere on the overworld! twitch.tv/secretsleepoversociety
neutral · AI labelView post →Preview of a sunbeam-y cave level and its music from Angeline Era! We're cooking up a real unique adventure game so stay tuned.. see @angelineera.bsky.social for more news⚔️ #screenshotsaturday
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is a perfect simulacrum of an N64/PS1 era game because it’s delightfully charming and then you’ll hit a level that’s just a real son of a bitch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Decided to make a little seal for each overworld zone in my game Angeline Era! I hope you feel intrigued to explore...
neutral · AI labelView post →Every time I play more of Angeline Era it finds a new way to surprise and delight me. One of those games it's impossible to play without a big smile and the occasional big laugh, even when the punchline is stepping on a rake. Like playing a half-remembered dream of a PS1-era Ys game.
positive · AI labelView post →my game design rule of thumb after releasing Angeline Era and 99.5% done with danchi days is "if it's filler don't make it". it lets you make sure each thing you add has some level of purpose and fits the game's worldview. It also means that much less of the design process is easy or copypasteable
neutral · AI labelView post →Marina's art direction for Angeline Era is AMAZING!!! We hope it will serve as an inspiration for game developers and artists for generations to come!! Definitely one of 2025's best looking action adventure games⚔️(and coming out dec. 8!!) store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a game without random encounters called Angeline Era! You fight enemies in real time. It's on all consoles and PC. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/... #NeverMissASale #DiscourseMaxxing
neutral · AI labelView post →To be not-humble I do think Angeline Era could be a decade-defining action-adventure-exploration game... but it's up to the players to decide!!!! It's also funny GOTY voting is already basically in..
positive · AI labelView post →Thanks for playing Angeline Era in the Steam Next Fest. If the game sells well, I will be able to build my castle even taller.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning Bumpslashers! Thanks for a great Angeline Era launch day feeling very grateful!! ^.^ Hope you all are enjoying the game!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is a game with 169 BPM Action coming to your computer Soon. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →i Love angeline era. i want to tell everyone about it, i want everyone to experience it. but i recently found out that the way i experienced it is a very specific way! there is a twist partway through this game that i personally saw coming from the steam page, because of my own experience with being a fourth generation japanese immigrant, and all the little cultural nuances that come with that. even tets' name, i saw the way it's spelled and i thought, "ah, he's doing that thing some of my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angeline Era has unique songs for each boss. Will it increase sales? NO... but in 5 years I will listen to the OST on a winter evening, and smile that I opened the game with Dogsynth Gabber Boss Fight that plays Once.
positive · AI labelView post →YES, in ANGELINE ERA, you can jump on shopkeeper's HEAD. It's said this is the essence of good game design. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
positive · AI labelView post →Multiple players have cleared the challenges in Angeline Era even I wasn't sure were possible! (Level 1 Melos Trick Boss Rush and All Scales on max difficulty). I have concluded that the action design of the game is A Success.
positive · AI labelView post →TBH i think the how the Story Thing in Angeline Era Recontextualizes Everything is pretty unprecedented for game storytelling, even misunderstood by experts! We (and marina especially) should get credit for some of those narrative swings. especially in terms of density of race/religion/history
positive · AI labelView post →Hello, I'm the game Angeline Era. I am The evolution, modernization, revival, refreshment, reimagination, rethinking, innovation, retelling, progression, upgrade, betterment, self-improvement and spicing up of ACTION GAME COMBAT!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era, a 3D Action-Adventure game that completely rewired my brain and how I view interactive worlds, is out now on consoles! Dreamy low poly art style, bumpslashing combat, an incredible soundtrack, rewarding secrets, and a deep philosophical story. An absolute banger.
positive · AI labelView post →Book of Bumpslash is back! This time talking about boss design principles in Marina and I's action game Angeline Era (@angelineera.bsky.social) , and me discussing and ranking the first 5 bosses. What does it mean when a boss has high "HEAT"? Do I like tennis?Find out buttondown.com/melodicambie...
neutral · AI labelView post →In response to recent pricing controversies and supply chain issues in game design, the price of Angeline Era will be $199.99! Wishlist here. Start saving today, or contact us about finding the right loan for you and securing a low APR on your Angeline Era. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's jump in the water in the city of Laigen, in the game Angeline Era. And then, let's tell all our friends about the game. store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
positive · AI labelView post →Whatever you think this game is, dispel that notion. This game feels like a PSX game that you, in a fever dream, vaguely remember playing as a child but, in the present, realize that you cannot remember its name or find anyone else that knows what you're talking about. It ventured to places that I couldn't have possibly predicted, and then kept going. The gameplay is deceptively simple: bump into things to interact with them. There are a whole host of weapons and artifacts that enhance…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Bandcamp Friday!! Looking for some amazing game OSTs? Go bring one of these beautiful Angeline Era albums back home (or any of my other game music!) 🏡
neutral · AI labelView post →Played Angeline Era for about an hour. It really feels like a bizarre PS1 game that just got unearthed.
positive · AI labelView post →Wish there was more BUMPSLASH ACTION in this year's SUMMER GAME FEST? YOU ARE IN LUCK! 🗡️ Watch the @womenledgames.com showcase TODAY!! To catch something from ANGELINE ERA!! store.steampowered.com/app/2821920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is exactly what I've been looking for in a game.
positive · AI labelView post →wrote a spoilery as hell "review" on Angeline Era and the story and themes on the last stretch of the game: backloggd.com/u/kaorukofan...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hahaha... look at Bumpslash-Action-Game-With-A-Steam-Next-Fest-Demo-Out-Now Angeline Era Protagonist Tets Kinoshta get jumped like that... IDIOT!!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
positive · AI labelView post →Mateusz recommends 3D action-adventure game, Angeline Era, by Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka (Analgesic Productions). Read our full review here: gameobserver.com/angeline-era... #AngelineEra
neutral · AI labelView post →HD black/white pudding renders that you'll only ever see scrunched into a tiny sprite in-game (Angeline Era)
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is participating in a Steam event centered around games with mythology! Our game has Irish, Christian, and even a little Japanese myth woven together. #mythsandlegends2025 store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Angeline Era enters the canon of works in my little pad under the So Good It's Funny tier of personal favorites and declarations of greatness. See also Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, William Gibson's Pattern Recognition, Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. GOD HAND. Works that, at nearly every turn, are so perfectly attuned to my scale of "greatness," doing things both just as I'd like and subverting expectations and showing me things I didn't know I wanted, to the extent…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angeline Era uses some really cool really real photos bsky.app/profile/even... @angelineera.bsky.social also the game fking rules
positive · AI labelView post →Angeline Era is a game about the joys of discovery. It's a brilliant game that certainly has novelty through its bump combat system (which hasn't been seen since what, Lagoon in 1990?), but is filled with so many smart decisions and personal touches that it's hard not to smile when you're playing it. Its main claim to fame is the search mechanic, through which a single button reveals any nearby secrets. It's a simple, genius mechanic that gives the game that sense of wondrous discovery people…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angeline Era reminds me quite a bit of Infinite Jest. Someone could tell me it was their favorite piece of media and I would believe them instantly. Someone could tell me it was created as a hostile and nihilistic piece of anti-art to serve as an elaborate parody and I would believe them instantly. The creator is far more interested in their concepts and their own intelligence than in conveying their ideas, and what little is made overt is so comprehensively self-sabotaging that the only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angeline Era devlog UPDATE!!! We're hoping to have the game out this year, but hey we'll see. It's going smoothly regardless. More details: open.substack.com/pub/melodica...
neutral · AI labelView post →Notes on the 3d level design tool I programmed for Angeline Era! Game wouldn't have been possible to make if I didn't dig a bit in to some (relatively simple) mesh building stuff
neutral · AI labelView post →The intro level in Angeline Era features the 6 phase fish boss from the demo. Is this good game design? bad game design? One thing's for certain... It is "funny game design". 🐟
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to preface this by saying that I am a big fan of both Anodyne 1 and 2. I went into this game with a positive attitude and a lot of excitement, and that makes some of what I am about to say... difficult. I am not a reviewer, but will occasionally put thoughts to screen if something moves me enough in one direction or the other. I'm only giving it a "no" because steam's rating system is binary and I can't give it a "This is extremely subjective, but my personal experience tilted pretty…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angeline Era is a very sylvielike game
positive · AI labelView post →This holiday season, enjoy three scary sound effects from the upcoming travel action-adventure game "Angeline Era". store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
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