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Alwa's Awakening

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App ID 549260
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Elden Pixels
Franchise Elden Pixels
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30632086
Last Record Update 17 August 2025 – 01:23:21 UTC ()
Release Date 2 February 2017 – 17:46:31 UTC ()
😏 76.03%
858 reviews
2
In-Game
+4
💨 Metroidvania 🗺️ Adventure 👾 Pixel Graphics 🏗️ Platformer 👾 Retro

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Additional Information

Developer Elden Pixels
metacritic_name Alwa's Awakening
controller_support full
metacritic_score 71
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/alwas-awakening?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Elden Pixels
Store Release Date 2 February 2017 – 17:46:51 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/65Y8YRN
https://x.com/EldenPixels
https://www.youtube.com/eldenpixels/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 2 February 2017 – 17:46:31 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 16 August 2023 – 14:48:03 UTC () (1692197283)
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review_score 6
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9019761
  • configuration:
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    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-5
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 25 October 2016 – 17:54:57 UTC (), in changelist #2381653

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

💨 Metroidvania 🌱 Indie 🗺️ Adventure 👾 Pixel Graphics 🏗️ Platformer 👾 Retro 👩 Female Protagonist 🏽 2D 🎶 Great Soundtrack 📺 Side Scroller 👤 Singleplayer 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support Native Steam Controller DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Steam Input API Supported

Assets

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Trailers
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256674592 ↴
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Bundles

ID Name % Set Created
16843 Alwa's Collection Bundle -15% No 4 November 2020 – 15:02:07 UTC
21331 Metroidvania Bundle -10% No 3 June 2021 – 20:02:33 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
135834 Alwa's Awakening Store or CD Key 11 August 2025 – 17:09:42 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
135832 Steam Sub 135832 CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:49:36 UTC
135833 Alwa's Awakening for Beta Testing CD Key 25 October 2016 – 20:32:32 UTC
283992 Alwa's Awakening ( 549260 ) - complimentary reviewer package No Cost 23 June 2018 – 12:19:31 UTC

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