Every so often, a game comes along that refuses to fit neatly into a single genre. Awaken: Astral Blade is that game. Part moody metroidvania, part high-speed hack-and-slash, and entirely drenched in a hauntingly beautiful cyberpunk aesthetic. If you’ve been craving something that plays like Hollow Knight but feels like Blade Runner by way of a gothic fairy tale, it’s time to pay attention.
The soundtrack? Expect ambient synthwave mixed with melancholic piano. It’s the kind of music that makes you want to stop moving, just to listen for a minute—right before a corrupted security drone reminds you to keep running. Awaken- Astral Blade
8.5/10 – A haunting, beautiful slice of action that proves the metroidvania genre still has plenty of new dreams to dream. Every so often, a game comes along that
Yes—especially if you’re a fan of Ender Lilies , Salt and Sanctuary , or The Messenger . If you’ve been craving something that plays like
Awaken: Astral Blade doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it sharpens it into a razor-sharp crescent. It’s a 10-15 hour journey that respects your intelligence, rewards your curiosity, and sticks its landing with an ending that left me staring at the credits screen for a solid two minutes.
You step into the role of Tania, a bio-mechanical warrior awakened from a cryo-sleep she was never supposed to survive. The world of Awaken: Astral Blade is a dying one—not with a bang, but with a slow, electric whimper. Nature has been overtaken by rusted cables and neon flora, and a mysterious “Miasma” turns machines and mutants alike into hostile shadows of their former selves.