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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 31187980
Last Record Update 18 September 2025 – 19:34:11 UTC ()
Release Date 2 February 2017 – 17:46:31 UTC ()
😏 76.05%
873 reviews
2
In-Game
+3
💨 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
review_percentage 79
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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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    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

Assets

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timestamp15 January 2024 – 12:45:36 UTC

Trailer 86997 ↴

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timestamp 2 February 2017 – 17:46:37 UTC

Trailer 80264 ↴

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timestamp 5 December 2016 – 23:05:15 UTC

User File System

Key Value
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
Windows %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/EldenPixels\Alwa's Awakening\ *.dat
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/ *.dat
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/EldenPixels/Alwa's Awakening/ *.dat
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