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Ultros
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Ultros features a beautifully trippy art style, with colors that pop off the screen. It’s a slower-paced metroidvania that prioritizes exploration and puzzles, with combat largely taking a backseat. Bosses are fine they…”
“This game looks nice, sounds nice, but plays horribly. It's a maze, and not in the way that it's solvable, but it's overly confusing and wastes your time. Attempting to get help on the internet leads you to spoil…”
44 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“I once asked El Huervo to marry me. He said no. At least i tried. Oh yeah, about the game i don't really feel like this is a "metroidvania". As a fan of SotN AND Super Metroid I feel like this game is much closer to…”
“I think I worked out why all the negative reviews on this game. It's a game which apparently later on encourages not killing. Now, I just started this and I'm already looking forward to that. The world is not presented…”
“I think Ultros is a good game, it's just that to get the "correct" ending takes a lot of patience, patience I do not have. The biggest draw of the game is its visuals. It's absolutely stunning to look at. Everything…”
13 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“This game looks nice, sounds nice, but plays horribly. It's a maze, and not in the way that it's solvable, but it's overly confusing and wastes your time. Attempting to get help on the internet leads you to spoil…”
“If you're like me, the colorful art of Ultros will plant the seeds of curiosity, then the gorgeous music and intriguing story will water your interest long enough for the unique elements of gameplay to kick in, and they…”
9 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“If you're like me, the colorful art of Ultros will plant the seeds of curiosity, then the gorgeous music and intriguing story will water your interest long enough for the unique elements of gameplay to kick in, and they…”
“Absolute beauty in every single way, with amazing story, narrative and gameplay. My only gripe is dialogue, characters in this setting talking in plain english just standing there is eh. Outside of thatm 100% a recommed”
“[h3]Overview[/h3] [i]Ultros[/i] is a Metroidvania with roguelite elements. It's a beautiful game with a unique, colourful style, well-implemented planting mechanics to get to places beyond reach, and vague storytelling…”
7 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Ultros features a beautifully trippy art style, with colors that pop off the screen. It’s a slower-paced metroidvania that prioritizes exploration and puzzles, with combat largely taking a backseat. Bosses are fine they…”
“I feel a lot of people are unfair in these negative reviews. One complaint I see quite often is a complaint about the keyboard controls, but like. Since when have Metroidvania style games EVER had good keyboard controls…”
“Nice metroidvania with unique visuals. There are few dialogues and a lot of environmental narration but it can be (a little bit too much for its own good) cryptic at times I didn't really like the fighting system that…”
35 of the 95 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
17 of the 95 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I think Ultros is a good game, it's just that to get the "correct" ending takes a lot of patience, patience I do not have. The biggest draw of the game is its visuals. It's absolutely stunning to look at. Everything…”
9 of the 95 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game looks nice, sounds nice, but plays horribly. It's a maze, and not in the way that it's solvable, but it's overly confusing and wastes your time. Attempting to get help on the internet leads you to spoil…”
“I feel a lot of people are unfair in these negative reviews. One complaint I see quite often is a complaint about the keyboard controls, but like. Since when have Metroidvania style games EVER had good keyboard controls…”
“[h3]Overview[/h3] [i]Ultros[/i] is a Metroidvania with roguelite elements. It's a beautiful game with a unique, colourful style, well-implemented planting mechanics to get to places beyond reach, and vague storytelling…”
7 of the 95 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I think Ultros is a good game, it's just that to get the "correct" ending takes a lot of patience, patience I do not have. The biggest draw of the game is its visuals. It's absolutely stunning to look at. Everything…”
“[h1] 's okay. [/h1] Starting loops are a bit rough with navigation, but it does get better. Pretty clear what to do to get true ending I think, but I'm not up for that task.”
“An hour in and I just can't get into it. Nice visuals and everything but everything is pretty poorly explained and the combat provides hardly any challenge at all.”
7 of the 95 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This is... different, but not in a bad way. Some of the mechanics are done in a fresh way (using healing items as power currency but with a twist, time loops, non linear storytelling, ect). Is it perfect, no, combat is…”
“Absolute beauty in every single way, with amazing story, narrative and gameplay. My only gripe is dialogue, characters in this setting talking in plain english just standing there is eh. Outside of thatm 100% a recommed”
“The story (as far I as could understand) is pretty psychedelic (read: nonsensical), but the actual gameplay and especially the time loop and plant growing mechanics are incredible and addictive. Wholly unique within the…”
Counted across 95 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 77.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I was immediately captivated by the visuals. The art style is bold, surreal, and almost hallucinogenic intentionally disorienting in a way that initially feels striking, though at times it borders on being overwhelming. The art direction is easily the game’s strongest asset and…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Listen, if you're looking for great and engaging combat it ain't going to tickle that itch, Silksong combat it is not, but overall as a whole I've gotta say it's a good time. With the game's structure I would even count the combat being fairly easy and repetitive as a plus,…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Such a waste of talent. Visual and sound talent that was employed on this game is in stark contrast to "talent" that was working on game mechanics and gameplay. Beautiful game that has one of the worst gameplay in ANY metroidvania. Game introduced deliberate way to kill enemies…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
ULTROS is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch & Xbox!
We are excited to welcome new players to our psychedelic metroidvania universe! To celebrate ULTROS’ release on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S, you can pick up the game with up to 30% off fro
First Anniversary + Lost in Cult Art Book
Friends of the Sarcophagus, today marks the first anniversary since the cycle began and we’ve hit an incredible milestone, 100,000 delivered! Thank you so much to our wonderful community, you are all
Nominate Ultros for the Steam Awards
Friends, sojourners, cosmic travelers! As we approach this cycle's end, we want to thank you all for digging into our extraterrestrial garden and unearthing the many-layered secrets of the Sarcophagus
🌱 Help ULTROS Bloom! 🌱
Hey there, seedlings! We’ve pushed some exciting updates in an open test branch , and we need your help to make sure they sprout just right. Dig in, explore the latest improvements, and let us know if
Ultros will be at Save & Sound today! Tune into our digital performance.
Friends of the Sarcophagus: ULTROS will be part of the Steam event Save & Sound, with a live performance from Ratvader. You can watch the showcase on Bedtime Digital Games’ channels: Twitch: https://w
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Adventure · Platformer · Sci-fi · 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Exploration · Action · Psychedelic · Singleplayer · 2D · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 31 |
| Official site | http://www.ultrosgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5 (5th Gen) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 750M Storage: 6 GB available space