Anodyne

In this unique Zelda-lite game, explore and fight your way through surreal and creepy, nature, urban and abstract themed areas in the human Young's subconscious, evoked by a 16-bit-era visual style and a moody, dream-like soundtrack.

Anodyne is a atmospheric, surreal and action-adventure game developed by Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka and published by Analgesic Productions.
Released on March 22nd 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian and Basque.

It has received 1,498 reviews of which 1,265 were positive and 233 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam and has a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Anodyne into these genres:

Atmospheric Surreal Action-Adventure Top-Down Dark Pixel Graphics 2D Dungeon Crawler Psychological Retro Exploration Combat Adventure Singleplayer Indie Action Puzzle Great Soundtrack Action RPG RPG

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

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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

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

This game feels like a love letter to a mix of both Link's Awakening and Yume Nikki. It has aspects of both, yet at times, can still be funny. If you're a fan of those kind of games, you'll be getting a very interesting take on the genre. I've only encountered one glitch where I started a dialogue with the peddler on a different side of the screen using a screen transition glitch I found, causing me to be softlocked, closing and restarting the game from my save file worked.

Sept. 2024

I have had this game for several years in my steam library. I always played it halfway through but I never beat it... until NOW! There was nothing really keeping me back from this game, except my own interest. Anodyne is very clearly a Zelda-formula style adventure game. Its very simple but very effective. It is really more of a puzzle game that is very intuitive and not at all difficult. Its artstyle and story is different from other indies because it actually achieves a level of surrealness that is offputting without being grating or feels like it tries to hard.

Sept. 2024

You can tell there is a lot of love in this game, but also quite a bit of jank. I'd rate in the middle if I could. It's certainly not bad and I don't expect anyone would hate it. Still though, not many Zelda likes on PC, so I would be fine playing it again.

July 2024

Some of the best atmosphere in any game I've played, and hands down the best example of the soundtrack complimenting the atmosphere. Writing is great, narrative is present enough to provide framework for interpretation without stepping on the toes of the surrealism. Mechanically enjoyable, although I have no background in 2d zelda-likes to compare it to. Blew my mind when i first played it like half a decade ago and still holds up. Absolute gas if your into this kind of stuff

July 2024

This game is weird, ominous. I see a lot of people simply comparing it to an OK 2D Zelda clone, and while it is indeed what you'll find from a gameplay and game design perspective (at least for the most part), there's a bit more to it than that. If you like Link's Awakening or the Oracles' games on the Gameboy, this part alone is enough to make Anodyne a great couple of hours to spend. It's basically the same concept, but more open ended in structure and less mechanicaly involved. It's short and relatively easy, but densely packed enough to feel like it exhausts what its gameplay allows it to offer without overstating its welcome. Fine game from this angle alone, worth a few [insert your currency]. But it's weird, and ominous. It feels like a dream, both incoherent and somehow coherent at the same time, I'm not sure that I understand what Anodyne is even about, but at times it spoke to me. The writing is peculiar, sometimes it seems unrelated to anything but in the grand scheme of things it's not. Not in the sense that everything is part of a bigger plot and ultimately falls into place, but in the sense that it's all a mood, a vibe that you may or may not relate to. It has personnality. The references to other medias, and variety of tones and styles, the randomness of some events also participate in this strange mix that makes Anodyne feel like you're exploring the subconscious part of a mind, seeing those random thoughts and obsessions, phobias and dysphorias, impulses both good and bad, cravings and traumas. I might make it sound a bit deeper than it actually is, don't get me wrong it's still a fairly simple and straightforward experience, but it shows a sensibility from the developers even with its limited means. The music finally, is probably the glue that makes everything stick together, it really does carry this vibe and it's great. I won't spoil what it is exactly, but Anodyne also has a post-game that completely breaks some basic rules and make it a bit more innovative and distinct from its inspirations than it seems to be during the whole game, it's a great idea and can be fun if you want more out of it.

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