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The Tarnishing of Juxtia
As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Not sure why this doesnt get more love. Its such a fun game.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“loved it! not your classic metroidvania: bosses are more challenging than most games. at the same time, the map is less extensive than most games.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“The number of enemy attack hitboxes in this game that inexplicably extend behind them cannot be understated. It's not even like the enemies are badly designed visually; they have clear tells for different attacks, the problem is that so many attacks just have messed up hitboxes…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Check out the Major Update!
Hi Juxtians! A new major update/patch is HERE! The team is addressing many of the issues the community has shared with us and has made over 40 improvements and bug fixes in this major update. We made
New Update: #1.1
Hi Juxtians! We’re pleased to announce that we’ve pushed through a new major update with over 40 improvements and bug fixes. Here are some of the changes: Improvements: • Roll, Dashing, and Backstep i
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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, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · RPG · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy · Combat · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Singleplayer · Platformer · 2D Platformer · Story Rich · Lore-Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.actualnerds.com/thetarnishingofjuxtia |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT/ AMD Radeon HD 6450 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space