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ADEN
Dance, dance, and dance some more! A kawaii side-scrolling dance battle for the new age! Control the mysterious girl Toaka and save the world from destruction!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“"What an insane game, huh?" "Captain, that was chapter 1"”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“The last bosses will force you to master this movement system. You can dash many times in a row, but the recovery lag will get you. This game is art. You can unlock both routes in the same save data, so don't try resetting it!. [spoiler] Unfortunately, neither ending is happy…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“a very weird but fun combination of bullet hell, beat em up, and rhythm. pretty fun mechanics and story. had a story too i guess”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedLatest official news
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Patch Notes 20250517
Dear players Hello, this is Takayakata, the developer. Thank you very much for purchasing/playing Aden. Aden was updated on May 17, 2025. The changes include the following bug fixes. -Fixed a bug that
What to do if the game quits /controller does not respond
※Machine translation. Dear Players Hello, I am Takayakata, the developer of Aden. Thank you very much for purchasing/playing Aden. We are sorry for the following problem, but we are not able to fix it
Aden original soundtrack DLC release!
Aden Original Soundtrack DLC is now available! The developer himself created all 26 songs with his soul. Super dance! Nothing but dancing!
Aiden_1214 patch notes
Please note that machine translations are used. Dear Players Hello, I am Takayakata, the developer of Aden. Thank you so much for purchasing/playing Aden. We are very sorry for the problem that you ca
Aiden_1214 patch notes
Please note that machine translations are used. Dear Players Hello, I am Takayakata, the developer of Aden. Thank you so much for purchasing/playing Aden. We are very sorry for the problem that you ca
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Cute · Psychological Horror · Surreal · Anime · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics · Beat 'em up · Retro · Indie · Dark Humor · Rhythm · Spectacle fighter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space