Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Negative: 6 out of 18
  1. Mar 6, 2015
    100
    Aaru’s Awakening is a phenomenal piece of art, and a solidly built game to boot.
  2. Mar 9, 2015
    75
    Aaru's Awakening is a fiendishly hard game that harkens back to an era where side scrolling games were made for patient and persistent gamers. Fans of the genre will appreciate the nostalgia trip but it's possible that some of them will be put off from its high difficulty and unforgiving gameplay. If you think you' re up to the challenge, then you should check it out, especially at a discount.
  3. Feb 24, 2015
    75
    Aaru’s Awakening is a beautiful frolic into a world of nightmares and imbalance: championed by its hand-drawn art style, compulsive level of difficulty and thrilling sense of achievement.
User Score
2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 115 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 115
  2. Negative: 82 out of 115
  1. Feb 27, 2015
    1
    I was really excited for Aaru's Awakening after the beta and loved it, but this game is basically just an extended beta. The game turns out toI was really excited for Aaru's Awakening after the beta and loved it, but this game is basically just an extended beta. The game turns out to be very boring. I couldn't play it more than an hour. Stay away from this game. Full Review »
  2. Mar 1, 2015
    1
    Unfinished game: avoid like the plague. Even with patches.

    THE GOOD: - Nice graphics - Enjoyable music THE BAD: - Tons of bugs and
    Unfinished game: avoid like the plague. Even with patches.

    THE GOOD:
    - Nice graphics
    - Enjoyable music

    THE BAD:
    - Tons of bugs and glitches
    - Combat system (teleportation and charging)
    - Controls are clunky and do not flow well
    - Terrible frame-rate, complete lack of optimization
    - Laughable dialogs (narrator voice)
    - Game crashes frequently and at random
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  3. Apr 9, 2015
    0
    It's very simple: Avoid this terrible "game" . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . .It's very simple: Avoid this terrible "game" . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . ........................................................................... Full Review »