8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure is a action, adventure and indie game developed by Rootless Studio and published by NEOWIZ.
Released on April 07th 2021 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil and French.

It has received 1,421 reviews of which 1,107 were positive and 314 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.35€ on Steam with a 80% discount.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 +
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce Gtx 560
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 8 GB available space

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March 2025
Previously did not recommend, but have changed my mind. I did not find the world or story particularly engaging, but there is enough there to integrate into the gameplay, which kept me interested and playing. Input handling is dubious (when spamming the attack button, it's impossible to turn around) but overall manageable. I was getting tired of the game toward the end of its main story, but i came back around to it in postgame. I didn't originally put enough effort into getting used to fighting with the game's different weapons, but now that i've sat with it for longer, i do find it fun. 8Doors is not great, but it is good.
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Feb. 2025
Very well made game! Backtracking doesn't feel bad. Has teleports but they don't break the game and are usefull. Controls work well and responsive. Never felt the game being unfair. Failure was on my skill always and not the Game doing something that felt unfair or something that can't be dodged or something. Graphics are nice and don't confuse you like some other games. You can not duck. Feels weird somehow but you don't need it, you can dodge everything without it. It is a very solid MetroidVania-Game. If you like MetroidVanias give this one a try!
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Feb. 2025
Recommended. its art style is very unique, the bosses are fun except the the last one had me steamed. I liked to chat with the NPCs, gonna miss the guard.
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Jan. 2025
Great mechanics and story line. Loyal to metroidvania elements.
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Sept. 2024
Nice metroidvania game, unique style and not soooo hard as hollow knight but still enjoyable.
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8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
7.5
1,107
314
Online players
6
Developer
Rootless Studio
Publisher
NEOWIZ
Release 07 Apr 2021
Platforms