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UnEpic
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Unepic (stylized as UnEpic) is a role-playing platformer video game developed by Francisco Téllez de Meneses and various collaborators and published by Ninagamers for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Unepic was released on September 30, 2011. Since its release, it has been translated into over 10 languages and has been made available on Steam, Desura,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
219 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
129 positive · 44 negative
95% range 68–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 129 | 44 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,286 of 2,681 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 133 yes, 46 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 179 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (7,486 of 8,192 positive).
Many reviewers criticize the writing as cringey or juvenile, with forced pop culture references. [1][2][3] Some players find the controls clunky and certain bosses frustratingly difficult. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [3]
There's something about this game I just don't like. Maybe it's the juvenile writing or the forced references and memes? Maybe it's the ponderously slow traversal of the levels or the tedious combat? Maybe it's the boring fetch quests that send you all over the place with no indication of whether or not it's actually necessary to complete? Maybe it's the various crafting stations and shops being spread out to random …
- [14]
This is one of the best games I have ever played in my life. I have played a lot of various games. Some I love although I never got very good at them, like Age of Empires and other strategic games. I'm big on building and crafting games like Minecraft, I'm the best at First Person Shooters cause as a gamer I'm as dumb as a grunt. Grew up with an Amiga 500 so I'm fond of these retro arcades. UnEpic was miraculously …
- [7]
A deep, challenging, and expansive Metroidvania that focuses on exploration and experimentation, but debilitated by extremely questionable writing, which produces awfully substandard and unsatisfactory endings. Positive: - Technical performance is excellent, remaining at a constant 144 frames per second with little to no noticeable drops. Attacking enemies, jumping, platforming, and utilizing the many keyboard keys …
- [2]
Pretty fun Metroidvania. The writing is cringe, unless you're a dorklord like the main character :P But the build diversity which allow different playstyles is pretty fun. Had a pretty good time!
- [1]
I bought this game around 10 years ago, played for maybe 20 minutes and then didn't play again until this week, and I’m glad I went back. The dialogue has aged poorly, and it’s all cringe-pop culture references, but the game itself is fun to play. The quests are varied, the map design is great, theres lots of different builds, and you have to think carefully about how you level up because at most you can get 2 …
Summarised from 34 of the 227 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
UnEpic sits at 75% positive across 173 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Unepic received generally mixed reviews, with the PC version receiving a Metacritic score of 68 out of 100, based on 5 critic reviews. It received a score of 6.5/10 on Destructoid. The game ranked 10th at the Indie of the Year awards of 2011. Unepic was included in the July Jubilee bundle on Indie Royale.
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Reactions
60 of 219 · most liked first[Giveaway] I have some games to share with the world. After logging it to my old Humble Bundle account today, I've discovered I have quite a few games(and/or DLCs) I don't really care about and would like to share them with you nice people. 1st come, 1st serve rule ofc, unless you think a ruffle would be more fair (do let me know in the comments please). Edit: list was ugly and some edits Edit2: Updated platforms. Here is the list: - ~~140 [Steam]~~ - ~~AirParrot 2-Pack 2.6.2 […
neutral · AI labelView post →There's something about this game I just don't like. Maybe it's the juvenile writing or the forced references and memes? Maybe it's the ponderously slow traversal of the levels or the tedious combat? Maybe it's the boring fetch quests that send you all over the place with no indication of whether or not it's actually necessary to complete? Maybe it's the various crafting stations and shops being spread out to random corners of the map or killing 25 bats and not getting a single wing to drop so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a complete classic — a truly great game whose experience was completely ruined by the sh♥♥ty level design in the Wizard Tower. These maliciously designed stages force you to rely on specific control-type magic to progress—it's nearly impossible to pass without them. Yet, by the late game, your attribute points are insufficient to invest in these control spells, which are only obtainable later on. Moreover, the game offers only one reset item outside of challenge Reward Exchange, making…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spent 19 hours playing all the way to the hall, only to be blocked by the "hardest boss in game" where almost every attack can kill you faster than you can heal. Even if you managed to reduce its health to 50%, it will then spawn unkillable enemy that will constantly hitting you and pushing you off ledge. This is not "hard but fun". This is pointlessly hard and totally luck based (unless you got that 1 or 2 correct build out of the hundred possible "wrong build").
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the best games I have ever played in my life. I have played a lot of various games. Some I love although I never got very good at them, like Age of Empires and other strategic games. I'm big on building and crafting games like Minecraft, I'm the best at First Person Shooters cause as a gamer I'm as dumb as a grunt. Grew up with an Amiga 500 so I'm fond of these retro arcades. UnEpic was miraculously made mostly by one guy with a vision to the point I'm offended he didn't get a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game around 10 years ago, played for maybe 20 minutes and then didn't play again until this week, and I’m glad I went back. The dialogue has aged poorly, and it’s all cringe-pop culture references, but the game itself is fun to play. The quests are varied, the map design is great, theres lots of different builds, and you have to think carefully about how you level up because at most you can get 2 respeccs throughout a game. It has a few less-than-fun mechanics (looking at you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi, I'm Kevin, Game Creative Assistant for UnEpic Games which means I help Fran make awesome indie games. I was known for my full time talk shows/indie game content on Twitch and the live events I ran at conventions. I love video games, anime, Earthdawn TTRPG and sharing awkward dad thoughts.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dumb-90s-teen-dudes humour-jokes in combat-platformer metroidvania.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played Unepic exclusively on Hard++, first as a melee focussed character doing the challenges (You'll spoil yourself a little and I never used any of the items you can buy with the bonus shop points but it adds some interesting extra challenges and restrictions) and a second time as a mage. It's important to note that this is not the kind of game where you pick a class and go "Melee Only, No Damage". The game fully expects you to be conservative with your point allocations and choose wisely,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played through this game voraciously. I loved it. The writing was cringy, yes, and the player character is irredeemably unlikeable; but I genuinely liked the gameplay for the most part. I got mildly annoyed with the bad platforming controls, but I'm also kinda used to that from other games. The Neuron boss that most people complain about startled me when it mind controlled my character and forced me to dump all my potions, but I was willing to play along with that mechanic. Fortunately, I'd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've spent years quietly hating Unepic, and now I finally remembered I can write a review. Short and sweet's best. It's been a hot minute since I played the game, but altogether: the platforming is generally pretty bad, combat can be unevenly rough if you don't just choose magic, and the story spends most of its time casually making fun of the player. That's fine, but then you get to the ending where it turns out the bad guy is basically just mocking you for being a total dunce, and then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dev put ego over fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A deep, challenging, and expansive Metroidvania that focuses on exploration and experimentation, but debilitated by extremely questionable writing, which produces awfully substandard and unsatisfactory endings. Positive: - Technical performance is excellent, remaining at a constant 144 frames per second with little to no noticeable drops. Attacking enemies, jumping, platforming, and utilizing the many keyboard keys and their derived functions is seamless with the action on the screen in a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the kind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, the end is really cool!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute hidden gem metroidvania. Clearly a passion project for a solo dev who absolutely nailed it. I'm always surprised that this game doesn't come up more often in recommendation lists for this genre. Great for m+k or gamepad. Lots of replayability due to the diverse build options. The voice acting is solid, the humor is surprisingly funny at times. I've returned to this game many times over the years and I'd guess it's my most replayed game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Funny little game. A must if you have ever played pen & paper RPG with your friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun Metroidvania. The writing is cringe, unless you're a dorklord like the main character :P But the build diversity which allow different playstyles is pretty fun. Had a pretty good time!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am not really sure how I missed this game completely. I guess it was because 2014 to 2020 were rather dead for gaming for me due to my busy work schedule. Wow this game is super fun and the humor is also great. I am way late to the game, but I totally recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried hard to like this game, but the main character is wholly unlikeable. He's just a complete jackass and I want to spend as little time with him as possible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Of the 8 friends on my Steam friends list that tried to play this, only one of them had the patience to go beyond 2 hours of playtime. You really need to be down with oldschool clunky games to get into Unepic. It's a game I've tried twice now. It's a game that requires a lot of patience as the different controls are many and somewhat unpleasant to cycle between. It's a big interesting dungeon that I want to explore, but I always lose patience with it and put it back down. It's cool to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A metriodvania with loads of character. The combat was kind of tedious, but overall became really neat. You have a load of weapons and spells to choose from until... You reach a boss fight that can only be challenged with range attacks. As someone who foolishly believed I could be melee focused. I quickly realized that this is the real ending and I'm not willing to restart the game to rebuild my character...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game so badly. Bought it ages ago and played it, then uninstalled it many times, each time I would ask myself, "why did i uninstall the game?" And as soon as I start playing, I remember why. The controls are so bloody awful. Like, on keyboard I have to have one hand over the other hand to attempt to play it efficently, Ive tried to change the layout but there are so many other control keys that need to be swapped and it doesnt even give me a full keyboard and command list…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We get the picture we need for the sword and the bureaucratic goblins and now to go through the most painful quest I think exists in the game: going back and forth between several windows to progress a quest. ADVENTURE!!! #unepic #indie #metroidvania youtu.be/GGs77VKYo1g
negative · AI labelView post →I did it I saved da World. Metal Gear was stopped and Hazel was defeated. Thank you @hazeldusten.bsky.social and everyone for joining me for my bad game play tonight. We raided out to @sarifaun.bsky.social for some Unepic gameplay. Give this girl some pancakes. Have a wonderful night everyone!
neutral · AI labelView post →Well this is a weird one. It's a stoner RPG. It's right on the line between funny and cringe. The game itself is solid. There's a huge amount of weapon variety and the entire game is pretty fun. The only exception is one boss with a very stupid mechanic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Challenge: "Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev Day 18: #unEpic
neutral · AI labelView post →Everything is fine and I enjoy the game until my weapons are transformed into toy hammers, rage quit and here I am.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4/10 cant co op with people that own a different version like GoG. movement speed is very slow for a metrovania making it boring to walk around everywhere
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has some ideas. Some are neat ideas such as lighting the castle as you go. Most are really, really, not good ideas. The writing ranges from bad to actually offensive. Sometimes, the bosses or enemy encounters are designed in such a way that you'll find out that how you built your character is wrong and bad and you should feel bad and you should respec or stop playing because you simply can't win as you are. Can't respec? Then die, I guess. Or sometimes you get dumped into a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unepic is a 2d Metroidvania RPG initially released in 2014 on Steam. You are playing as Daniel, an average guy who decides to use the bathroom in the middle of a beer-swaddled game of Dungeons and Dragons with his mates. While in the middle of using the pot, someone turns out the lights; when they come back on, Danny Boy is no longer in his mediocre life but in a cavernous dungeon filled with demons, weapons, and magic. As a typical side-scrolling platformer, you can move, jump, use your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, the end is really coo!! Enjoy playing this game, great one. Even after 10 yrs. Love Neuron alot~
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A legitimate metroidvania with a lot of weapons and items. It rewards the completionist for exploring and has tons of satisfying secrets. It offers some OP tools that break the world just enough to be funny and while the voice acting isn't the greatest, the whole game is VO'd, so it's still a treat. I actually picked up both UnMetal and Ghost 1.0, because of how much I enjoyed it and look forward to their next title.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best platformers I've ever played. Balance, progress, skills, build choices - all are perfect. Except the endgame as for me - but it could be personal: I just hate any time limits. So I've never finished the final part. But anyway I've passed whole the game except it many times - because I love the gameplay so much. Highly recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game! A bit clunky on some things like menus, jumping on ladders... Also as the game progresses, endgame gets HARD. Invisible things, hidden stuff... Still, very nice experience to play either alone or with friends!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Edit: After playing the Neuron boss, I can only recommend this game to people who don't mind being incredibly frustrated. He is a boss that prevents you from casting spells, drinking potions, or using ranged weapons. Essentially, all you can do is melee attack while he rapidly drains your life. The fight takes FOREVER. All of that is fine, actually, but the fact that your controls are reversed for the last 50% of the fight is probably a step too far.] The small character sprites and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried to return to this, but damn. I had forgotten how clunkly the gameplay is. It took me like 30 minutes to fix my controller because it wouldn't calibrate. One button kept failing to assign. After 8 tries, it magically fixed itself. Everything is so dark, every action has a two second delay. You gotta fish parasites out of your inventory. You gotta grind for materials for potions and essences for magic. You gotta grind for kill points for physical spells, which reset every reload. I got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ooooh, what's this? Also, an old Steam game I have, I fired yo recently - UNEpic. That might be more to your taste. It's a great game. I am waiting for Dwarf Fortress to be at least 50% off and I'll buy that too!
positive · AI labelView post →Great Game. Loved the story. Played almost thirty times. Sometimes, feel nostalgic, so I play it again.... and again...... and again......
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Day 287 - At 4:00 PM PST 15-DEC-2025, we are #streaming 3 #indiegame from #itchio: ➡ 0859: Mini Ghost by Unepic fran ➡ 0860: Death Game by Fractured Mind Games ➡ 0861: In My Friend Carrie's Car by @bignastytruck.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/princessbala... #videoGames #letsplay #indieDev
neutral · AI labelView post →KAMGUSTA'S MINI REVIEW I tried playing it multiple times but despite its somewhat interesting humor (mostly based on pop culture references), gameplay is terrible. Game captures some of the most important aspects of action RPGs and metroidvanias but it fails in translating them in a cohesive and solid gameplay. Just to name a few of the flaws, when enemies stack, you'll hit only one of them; controls are poor; levels are repetitive; fights are clunky. As of 2025, game shows its age and there…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unepic is one of those rare indie titles that completely took me by surprise. At first glance, it looks like a quirky little platformer-RPG hybrid, but once you start playing, you realize it’s packed with personality, depth, and an infectious sense of humor that keeps you smiling even while you’re being mercilessly punished by traps and enemies.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That looks awesome reminds me of a level from the game UnEpic.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, I haven't ever rage quit a game from it's controls being so janky before. You can attempt at editing them, and I got as far as mapping UP to W (the very first key I switched) and then got stuck trying to map S to DOWN, as every time I hit S to map it, the button kicked me out of key mapping and brought up spells. Also, if Inventory is on I, S is for Spells, and the arrow keys are movement, where are my hands supposed to be sitting on the keyboard?! Is my left hand just supposed to be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's Play - UnEpic - 20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuqIqxcaTvs&ab_channel=GameHorder #GameHorder #Unepic #UnepicGames
neutral · AI labelView post →you can light candles
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →played 30 hours of single player (beat the game multiple times) and the rest is all multiplayer, really fun game IF you have someone else to play with cause otherwise MP is a grind and will take a long long time to complete. if on linux, use proton since the native build isnt updated and join the unepic games discord server to find people to play with (try not to get carried, it kinda ruins the fun). some MP maps are very bs and filled with hidden walls, multiple paths, trolls, etc so just know…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game works best with extended playings to get used to the controls andkeep up with quests. I've dropped the game for a while and getting back into it and it just isn't really calling to me the same. 👍 Captures the old school feel 👍 Was made with a lot of heart 👍 Has a lot of depth 👎 Captures the old school feel of user-antagonistic UI and controls 👎 Visuals feel unpolished and inconsistent 👎 Getting back into the game is a pain
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. The amount of does not rfeflect my gaming time as I have this on switch as well. Lots of fun if you like metrovanias
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →UnEpic is a carefully crafted metroidvania packed with interesting (sometimes infuriating) challenges. A nice change of pace from rogue-like games that doesn't take itself too seriously. I highly recommend it, especially if you're chasing that old-school feel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome writing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought UnEpic on Switch. Its on sale for 2 or 3 bucks and its really good overall. Has its rough edges but a very fun metroidvania RPG with some clever writing making light fun of Pen & Paper RPGs and 80s kids' pop-culture references Definitely worth picking up for less than a fiver
positive · AI labelView post →WELP. I don't know how useful it's going to be, but now I can add "made an orc impotent using leeches" to my resume I guess... #Unepic #gaming #videogames #pcgaming #indiegaming
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t think I’ve felt this mad at a game in a while. Not cause of the actual end, but the part that leads up to it. Not to mention some chunks are just not needed. Seriously, is that suppose to be Ross? #unepic #indie #metroidvania youtu.be/xIjSg_p8hAg
negative · AI labelView post →I suppose technically I’m not SUPPOSE to be able to go through the rest of the game without the right skill. But I’m able to get through with just a LITTLE more effort than I’m probably suppose to use to get to Harnakon! #unepic #indie #metroidvania youtu.be/uIJATMasZ50
neutral · AI labelView post →Turns out that I didn’t NEED to really grind for those Light-Damage-Only foes, as we’re quick to finish exploring that and moving on to… what sounds like the last area of the game? #unepic #indie #metroidvania youtu.be/t1SOS_AS5KY
neutral · AI labelView post →This game has Single-player?!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can’t tell but it’s been some time since I’ve played this game since last episode. Or maybe you can tell as I’m trying to re-learn the ropes, the controls and all the – oh hold on a sec, my mom is calling. #unepic #indie #metroidvania youtu.be/pEUx1_1rpoY
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow, the end is really cool!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am giving this game a thumbs up rather than a thumbs down because I do think this game does have more merit than downside. However, after making my way through approximately 50% of the game, I am finally throwing in the towel Once you reach the mid-game, the game becomes a bit too much of a slog due to the combat having more breadth than depth. The game has tons of weapons and abilities to choose from, but the simplicity makes it so you can't really creatively chain together combos and some…
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