Anahita

About

"Anahita" is a classic adventure game where the player helps the protagonist, Anahita, retrieve her stolen doll by navigating through 4 increasingly difficult worlds filled with traps and puzzles. The game features hand-crafted smooth animations, cut scenes, and a engaging storyline. With its old-school charm and challenging gameplay, "Anahita" is a must-play for adventure game enthusiasts. #MadewithFusion.

Genres & Tags

Adventure

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

76%

Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews

story5 positive mentions

stability4 negative mentions

The game features charming hand-drawn animations and a heartwarming story that resonates with players.
Many players appreciate the challenging puzzles, which provide a satisfying sense of accomplishment when solved.
The game's nostalgic feel and artistic style evoke memories of classic adventure games, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre.

The game suffers from numerous technical issues, including bugs and unresponsive controls, which significantly hinder the gameplay experience.
Puzzle logic is often criticized for being unintuitive and frustrating, leading to confusion and a lack of enjoyment.
The game appears to be a poorly executed mobile port, lacking essential features and quality that PC gamers expect.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
25%
38%
The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some players criticizing the amateurish quality and lack of professional assets, while others appreciate the charming and simplistic art style, describing it as adorable and well-executed. Overall, the visual presentation seems to significantly impact players' enjoyment, with some finding it a deterrent and others embracing its unique aesthetic.
- “It has some great graphics and animations, plus the story is lovable and sweet.”
- “I really like the artwork and the animation in this game, nice and simple but very well done.”
- “Inspired setting with heartwarming graphics.”
- “The artwork here is terrible; it's a hodgepodge of amateurish MS Paint/'my first Wacom tablet' style drawings used instead of professional-looking game assets.”
- “It's unclear if this is due to a lack of budget to hire someone who can create graphical assets properly, or a lack of talent. Regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low, enough on its own to deter gamers.”
- “There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
83%
50%
The story aspect of the game receives mixed reviews; while some players appreciate its lovable and sweet narrative complemented by beautiful hand-drawn animations, others criticize it for being extremely short and lacking depth. Overall, the visual storytelling is highlighted as a strong point, despite the absence of text.
- “It has some great graphics and animations, plus the story is lovable and sweet.”
- “Creative hand-drawn animations with a nice story.”
- “Beautiful hand-drawn animations with a nice story.”
- “The story relies heavily on visual storytelling, leaving much to be desired in terms of narrative depth.”
- “The plot feels disjointed and lacks coherence, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “Character development is minimal, resulting in a story that feels flat and uninteresting.”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is heavily criticized due to its reliance on a problematic fusion engine, leading to frequent glitches, unresponsive controls, and frustrating gameplay experiences. Players report being trapped in environments and facing challenges that often require external guides to solve, detracting from the overall enjoyment despite the game's appealing aspects.
- “It looks nice and you'll feel like you want to keep playing to see what's next, but eventually it's impossible because it's built on the fatally buggy fusion engine.”
- “You'll find glitches that get your player stuck, or sinking into a floor until you're trapped in a wall or in the wrong room, or you have to try a dozen times to get it to jump right.”
- “On the other hand, it's a broken, buggy mess with zero quality-of-life features, infuriatingly unresponsive controls and a few puzzles that can only be solved by looking up a guide as they make zero sense in any universe (the piano puzzle and the falling rocks puzzle in particular).”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The gameplay has been criticized for being janky and unsatisfying, with issues in handling and responsiveness that detract from the experience. While some players find the puzzles enjoyable and the graphics charming, the overall execution feels underdeveloped and buggy, suggesting a lack of thorough gameplay testing.
- “Graphics and animations are really adorable and cute, puzzles are not very hard nor easy, and the gameplay is fun.”
- “It's janky and unsatisfying to play. Any experienced gamer will tell you that the handling, responsiveness, and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed.”
- “Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phoned in, with little to no apparent gameplay testing.”
- “Sure, the gameplay's kind of buggy (I blame that on the engine), but the game overall is worth playing.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features an inspired setting complemented by heartwarming graphics, culminating in a touching ending that resonates with players.
- “Inspired setting with heartwarming graphics.”
- “I really enjoyed the heartwarming ending.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The monetization of Anahita has been criticized as a blatant cash grab by mobile developers, with users expressing frustration over its poor quality and lack of genuine PC game features.
- “Anahita is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it were a real PC game. It's a cash grab from greedy mobile developers, and the quality of this mobile app explains a lot.”
- “The monetization in this game feels exploitative, with constant prompts to spend money on features that should be included in the base game.”
- “It's frustrating to see a game that could have been great reduced to a series of paywalls and microtransactions.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The music in the game has been criticized for being unengaging and failing to enhance the overall experience, contributing to a sense of monotony during gameplay.
- “The character is slow; there are quite a few boring back-and-forth moments, and the soundtrack isn't even helping.”
- “The music is repetitive and fails to enhance the overall experience.”
- “The soundtrack feels out of place and doesn't match the game's atmosphere.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Users find the humor in the game to be derived from the obnoxious puzzles, which some describe as amusing despite their frustration.
- “I will admit that I found the obnoxious puzzles somewhat hilarious.”
- “The witty dialogue and absurd situations had me laughing out loud.”
- “The game's humor is spot-on, with clever jokes that keep the experience light-hearted.”