Action · January 21, 2021

Phoenotopia: Awakening (2021)

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Join Gail, a simple villager, who must heed the call for adventure when a great star ship appears in the night sky and abducts all the adults. As the new oldest member of her fragmented community, she must set out to solve this great mystery. Little does she know of the grand adventure before her, the evil lurking in the shadows, and the role she will play in the fight for Earth’s very existence! Features: - A narrative-driven single-player adventure filled with charming characters, vibrant towns, and dangerous dungeons. - Over 10 different weapons & tools with which to combat enemies and solve puzzles. Fly with rocket boots! Blast with bombs! Play the flute! - Fight against over 50 different enemy types and 12 boss encounters. - A world brimming with secrets! Find 33 Energy Gems, 55 Heart Pieces and 111 Moonstones. - An achievement system, with 33 badges to earn, for players seeking extra challenge and replayability. - Over 60 original songs ranging from mellow piano and orchestra to raging synth/metal rockers and bagpipes! - A main campaign length estimated at 30 hours of playtime. 50 hours for completionists. Solve the great mystery of the Phoenix!

Action releases from 2021

198 Action titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Adventure · 247
  • Action · 230
  • Platformer · 209
  • Metroidvania · 193
  • 2D · 182
  • Singleplayer · 177
  • Puzzle-Platformer · 170
  • JRPG · 163
  • Action-Adventure · 155
  • Pixel Graphics · 150
  • Fantasy · 137
  • Sci-fi · 123
  • Fishing · 118
  • Cute · 101
  • Combat · 98

Peer Action titles

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.5k Steam reviewsTop 87% in Action
Positive rating83% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 61%
Metacritic72/100Genre average 77 — top 77% of Action titles
Engagement hours21 h averageTop 23% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

83%Mostly Positive · 2.5k reviews

2.1k positive · 428 negative

Metacritic

72/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

8.4/10

Curator recommendations

2.5k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Korean

Press Quotes

“…its immersiveness and gameplay variety combine to make Phoenotopia Awakening an absolute masterpiece.” 5/5 – Metroidvaniareview “It’s an aesthetically pleasing, unforgivingly mean, but an altogether lovingly assembled experience” 80/100 – Destructoid “Phoenotopia: Awakening is a thoughtful, coherent game which, if you click with it, doesn’t lose a step. A marvellous surprise” 9/10 – NintendoLife

Release & Availability

Release dateJan 21, 2021
DeveloperCape Cosmic
PublisherCape Cosmic, Flyhigh Works
Base price$5.99 -70%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners10k–100k
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

21h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

22h

Typical completion time

Achievements

33

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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