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Anodyne
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[b]A weird dream adventure with Yume Nikki feel, in pocket Zelda format . . . and probably some metaphors too[/b] While I'm not the most ardent fan of bluntly metaphoric storytelling, oneiric weirdness and cucumber-cool atmosphere [i]get me[/i] with some frequency. So it is…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Apart from Look Outside, Anodyne is the closest I've come as an adult to wiping EarthBound from my memory and experiencing it again. So there's that.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Note: I played a couple of hours of the Steam version, but ultimately beat the game on Switch. Both versions are the same. Anodyne is a surreal game with some hard to follow plot elements, but mainly plays like a Game Boy Zelda game, albeit with less items to swap between. There…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Anodyne 1 Fan Book on sale now + Merch Sale!
Hello! We have a fan book containing fan art about Anodyne 1, as well as many fan memories and thoughts about the games (and answers from Marina and I, the devs!) You can get it at our merch store: ht
Danchi Days Demo - check out our new summer adventure!
Hello, Analgesic fans! Melos Han-Tani here. Did you know I've been working on a 2nd game in addition to Angeline Era? It's called Danchi Days! And we have a demo out now: https://store.steampowered.co
The sequel, Anodyne 2 is on sale!
Hi there Anodyne fans - have you played the sequel yet...? You can now, and it's on sale! https://store.steampowered.com/app/877810/Anodyne_2_Return_to_Dust/
The Analgesic Productions Holiday Merch Sale is here!
Store link: https://analgesicproductions.bigcartel.com/ Melos from Analgesic here! Our merch store is running a discount for the holidays - and we've released new products too! Try on the stylish Anod
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Atmospheric · Surreal · Action-Adventure · Top-Down · Dark · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Dungeon Crawler · Retro · Psychological · Exploration · Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Basque |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.anodynegame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.5 GHz, single core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any Hard Drive: 200 MB HD space Sound: Any Additional: This is not a GPU-intensive game.