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Exanima
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Unique physics-based combat deeply engaging” (73 of 104 reviews) and “Brutally hard, satisfying mastery” (30); the most common complaint is “Decade of unfulfilled development promises” (25). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
73 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Idk what's up with these brokies it's a $15 game and arena and story mode are super fun, even if you can argue abandonware (which isn't true) it's a well-made cheap game with fun physics idk what's to hate on”
“Exanima I’m just tired at this point. The game is good, but everything around it is just frustrating. Gameplay | 8/10 The gameplay is solid. Combat feels unique, physics work well, and the atmosphere is great. That’s…”
“Devs wont give the players something as simple as a camera lock, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ comunity gatekeeps on the usual ''just learn the way it is meant to be played'' or ''You dont deserve to play if you dont learn and suffer as…”
30 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game has a pretty difficult learning curve but once you get a hang of it its a fun game. Unfortunately the game doesnt receive updates at ALL but other than that the game is pretty cool :) i love daren”
“I loved it. Big fan of the dark, gritty dungeon diablo with just a bit more hardcore features. It kinda slaps man, once you can get the physics down (which is such a sick USP of this game) it becomes a real fight for…”
“Great game. I had a lot of fun with physics based system. Arena system is fun story mode is interesting as well but mught get confusing. if You like hard games get it. Combat has a steep learning curve but once you get…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Idk what's up with these brokies it's a $15 game and arena and story mode are super fun, even if you can argue abandonware (which isn't true) it's a well-made cheap game with fun physics idk what's to hate on”
“well worth the 15 bucks. the recent people crying in the reviews have wayyyy to much time on their hands and way too high of expectations for a 15 dollar game all the while having 100s of hrs on it lol get real.”
“Exanima is a game made by two people that want to use the engine to make a far larger game after this one, its cheap, whats there already is pretty good, and complaining about them taking a long ass time on what is…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Its a super beautiful... SCAM... 11 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years and ya know what we got? A product with less content than a porn game demo, seriously screw you dude and your damn novels of BS, lies and conjecture, you've lost another…”
“Exanima I’m just tired at this point. The game is good, but everything around it is just frustrating. Gameplay | 8/10 The gameplay is solid. Combat feels unique, physics work well, and the atmosphere is great. That’s…”
“I loved it. Big fan of the dark, gritty dungeon diablo with just a bit more hardcore features. It kinda slaps man, once you can get the physics down (which is such a sick USP of this game) it becomes a real fight for…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This statement from Steam is wrong "...The last update made by the developers was over 2 years ago..." I've seen quite a few updates in the last couple years. The Steam library page has "Coffee Diaries" posted every…”
“Has the funniest/hardest combat I've had to learn for a game. Taking the game slow and getting all the best out of the story, I'm at 42 hours. While there is still the arena, which would seem to be just as long. That…”
“The combat is super fun and rewarding. The lore is intriguing and mysterious. Each level makes you feel lost yet the atmosphere pulls you into every room. For a $15 game, this game is very well worth it and it's…”
25 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game 10 years ago and they haven't updated it for 2 years. You have to go to their discord to get a chance at getting a code to acess the latest branch for a game that is still in alpha. One of the worst…”
“I bought the game 7 years ago, played for 2 hours and realized how unfinished the game really was and was going to give it more time in the oven. The devs post the same "we are working on the update" copy pasta every…”
“This game is one of the reasons I'll never purchase early access ever again as long as I live.”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Devs wont give the players something as simple as a camera lock, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ comunity gatekeeps on the usual ''just learn the way it is meant to be played'' or ''You dont deserve to play if you dont learn and suffer as…”
“Although I am only 9hrs into the game, I am up to level 3 and I have also spent some time in Arena. I have found the game to be great, I love that the combat is physics based and movement of the weapon and footwork…”
“Exanima feels like playing Dark Souls 1 for the first time all those years ago, but twice as difficult, because you’re managing twice as many inputs at once. It’s not for the faint of heart, and I wouldn’t recommend it…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is one of the reasons I'll never purchase early access ever again as long as I live.”
“I appreciate getting the monthly 'Coffee Diary' from the devs - It gives me a good laugh every month how they announce they're STILL not ready to release an update and yes they STILL consider themselves proficient game…”
“If you want to buy this for future updates - don’t do that. It’s a scam project with an infinite production process. It’s kinda nice for the first playthrough, but after that, you can forget it. Unfortunately, a lot of…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Exanima is an interesting tech demo. But it's core feature is being an amazing Coffee Diary Simulator that will keep you entertained for years. Decades even.”
“If you want to buy this for future updates - don’t do that. It’s a scam project with an infinite production process. It’s kinda nice for the first playthrough, but after that, you can forget it. Unfortunately, a lot of…”
“Its a super beautiful... SCAM... 11 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years and ya know what we got? A product with less content than a porn game demo, seriously screw you dude and your damn novels of BS, lies and conjecture, you've lost another…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“devs are anti-modding and the game has some really frustrating features, mainly terrible inventory management and a pretty frustrating interaction between the save and companion system which will require you to go die…”
“Devs wont give the players something as simple as a camera lock, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ comunity gatekeeps on the usual ''just learn the way it is meant to be played'' or ''You dont deserve to play if you dont learn and suffer as…”
“Can we have a save point past the portal? Went all the way past the market sewers, came out, camera was stuck in the ceiling so I moved around a bit... then fell off a cliff and restarted at the portal. This is…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Everyone should know before you buy it in 2026 that like 90% of the current game was developed by 2013. This is an early access prelude to the game Sui Generis. This game was a tech demo and fund raiser for Sui Generis, but once it was put together the developer has clearly put…”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“Very fun but obviously the sui generis game is not coming out. I think the base game now is totally worth the price so give it a shot.”
— a player, Steam review · 476 hrs played“Devs haven't updated this in two years but every month will put out a few paragraphs about how they're testing this and polishing that all while their game is rotting in early access hell. Maybe the devs should get into writing novels, seems like they're more capable of doing…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Exanima 0.9.5.2g
Another patch with some changes as we solidify the foundations of combat physics and mechanics before larger scale changes. We've done an overhaul of all attack "targeting" and some related mechanics.
Coffee Diary - October 2026
Hey Exanimates, Last month we were very secretive and cryptic about what we were working on. The short version is we were trying to figure something out and didn't want to talk about it until we knew
EXANIMA 0.9.5.2e
Another patch with a few improvements and fixes. Leading up to our combat revision we're taking a look at some foundational things, here in particular we added some dynamic adjustments to peak muscle
EXANIMA 0.9.5.2c BETA
EXANIMA 0.9.5.2c BETA A patch with various improvements and fixes before we move on to testing changes to combat mechanics. Improved stagger mechanics (less stunlock) Adjusted combat AI aggressiveness
Coffee Diary - September 2026
Hey Exanimates, We recently released an update which added some pretty big new features including a save system. This did include some small content updates, but there won't be large content additions
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Physics · RPG · Dark Fantasy · Dungeon Crawler · Medieval · Difficult · Adventure · Isometric · Action · Early Access · Singleplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://www.baremettle.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (32-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia / AMD / Intel (OpenGL 4.6+) Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: OpenAL compatible Additional Notes: Linux / Proton compatible