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Alwa's Legacy

Alwa's Legacy

Released: 6/17/2020

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, magical items and ancient secrets. By upgrading your magic, any way forward is right in this non-linear adventure game full of exploration. CUSTOMIZE HOW YOU PLAY With our upgrade system you can choose how you want to play - Explorative, offensive or strategic. It’s your choice! EXPLORATION IS REWARDED Don’t leave any stone unturned, the world of Alwa is filled with secrets and finding them requires you to explore and solve puzzles A NON-LINEAR EXPERIENCE Combining exploration and different item upgrades allows you to find your own way through this adventure LOOKS AND SOUNDS AMAZING Enjoy crisp pixel-art combined with modern effects as well as a soundtrack made by chiptune extraordinaire RushJet1 A CHALLENGE AWAITS Quick reflexes are needed to navigate through the many challenging rooms and with easy-to-change settings anyone can enjoy Alwa’s Legacy

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, magical items and ancient secrets. By upgrading your magic, any way forward is right in this non-linear adventure game full of exploration. CUSTOMIZE HOW YOU PLAY With our upgrade system you can choose how you want to play - Explorative, offensive or strategic. It’s your choice! EXPLORATION IS REWARDED Don’t leave any stone unturned, the world of Alwa is filled with secrets and finding them requires you to explore and solve puzzles A NON-LINEAR EXPERIENCE Combining exploration and different item upgrades allows you to find your own way through this adventure LOOKS AND SOUNDS AMAZING Enjoy crisp pixel-art combined with modern effects as well as a soundtrack made by chiptune extraordinaire RushJet1 A CHALLENGE AWAITS Quick reflexes are needed to navigate through the many challenging rooms and with easy-to-change settings anyone can enjoy Alwa’s Legacy

Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, magical items and ancient secrets. By upgrading your magic, any way forward is right in this non-linear adventure game full of exploration. CUSTOMIZE HOW YOU PLAY With our upgrade system you can choose how you want to play - Explorative, offensive or strategic. It’s your choice! EXPLORATION IS REWARDED Don’t leave any stone unturned, the world of Alwa is filled with secrets and finding them requires you to explore and solve puzzles A NON-LINEAR EXPERIENCE Combining exploration and different item upgrades allows you to find your own way through this adventure LOOKS AND SOUNDS AMAZING Enjoy crisp pixel-art combined with modern effects as well as a soundtrack made by chiptune extraordinaire RushJet1 A CHALLENGE AWAITS Quick reflexes are needed to navigate through the many challenging rooms and with easy-to-change settings anyone can enjoy Alwa’s Legacy

Critics
79
Steam
87
Metacritic
72

Score Breakdown

79.1

Critic Average

25 reviews

87

Steam User Score

618 reviews

72

Metacritic User Score

23 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-7.9
Metacritic Disparity
+7.1
Combined Disparity
-0.4

Average of both sources

Review Timing

5 launch window (20%)20 late (80%)