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Aestik
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“The game is a super fun metroidvania with a good sized world to explore, satisfying combat, and challenging platforming sections. It also has a lot of personality and charm throughout. The only areas I'd love to see improved are the map and fast travel system. It would be much…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“good and entertaining tho is too similar to hollow knight for it to be judged fairly (hk is amazing)”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“USERS NOTE : This game has some great pieces. If my gripes are things that don't bother you, then I'd recommend this game to those players. --------------- This really bums me out to leave a negative review for this game as it has alot of things that I really enjoyed about it,…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-09 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2 Year Anniversary Sale
Two years ago today we released Aestik into the wild - our first ever game! 🤍 We're super proud of how the game turned out and all of the amazing opportunities it opened up to us. Turning from solo de
BioGun x Aestik Bundle
Exciting news! ✨ We teamed up with Dapper Dog Digital to bring you the BioGun x Aestik Bundle Regardless of whether you already own one of the games or have had your eye on both for a while - this bun
1 Year Anniversary + Performance Update
🎉 Aestik’s 1 Year Anniversary! 🎉 Today we celebrate one year of Aestik — thank you all SO much for joining us on this journey. 💜 It’s been an absolute blast, and we couldn’t have done it without your
*Biggest Sale Yet*
Hi folks! 🌱 ✨ From May 5th to May 11th Aestik will be part of Excaliber's Indie Assemble Event. ✨ To celebrate, we discounted Aestik by 40% , which is the lowest it's ever been. So use this chance to
Aestik: Curse of the Oddgod! ✨ FREE DLC OUT NOW! ✨
Curse of the Oddgod ✨ IS OUT NOW ✨ Additional Info: Updating the game automatically adds the new content to the game + You can access the expansion once you found all fragments. There will be a new it
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Story Rich · Metroidvania · Hand-drawn · Controller · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy · Combat · 2D · Action-Adventure · Platformer · Action · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Gamepad Recommended |
| Languages | English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 32 |
| Official site | https://hoodedtravelergames.com/aestik |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10+ Processor: Intel Core i3-3225 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Storage: 5500 MB available space