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Astebros

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59%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
76% User Score Based on 29 reviews

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About Astebros

Astebros is a single player and multiplayer arcade platformer game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Neofid Studios and was released on May 30, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Astebros is a roguelite game about the beginnings of the kingdom of Asteborg! Choose your hero among three different characters and go through procedural dungeons to eliminate your formidable opponents! Defeat bosses to obtain valuable power orbs! Collect coins and materials to buy and upgrade your equipment! Discover mysterious secrets within the dungeons... All this alone or in pa…

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76%Audience ScoreBased on 29 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
optimization2 negative mentions
  • Exceptional pixel art and vibrant, well-animated visuals that stand out on the Sega Genesis hardware.
  • Engaging roguelite gameplay with three distinct playable characters and a variety of weapons, providing good replayability and experimentation.
  • Well-polished experience considering the retro platform, with strong music and satisfying level and boss design, plus enjoyable co-op play.
  • Difficulty balance leans heavily on memorization and knowledge rather than satisfying, intuitive action; attacks can feel overwhelming and punishing.
  • Performance issues and bugs such as glitches, crashes, and occasional stuttering during boss fights detract from gameplay experience.
  • Limited options for modern conveniences like cloud saves, sound settings, and screen filtering, and some gameplay elements (like RNG weapon drops and grind for 100%) can feel tedious.

  • gameplay

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    44% positive mentions, 23% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its fluidity, maneuverability, and engaging combat, often surpassing many recent metroidvanias and ranking highly on the console. However, some find the roguelite gameplay loop becomes repetitive due to a lack of creativity in gameplay modifiers, despite its overall high quality and replayability.

    • “I really like Astebros honestly, the art is top tier, everything is vibrant, the gameplay is freaking good and even surpasses most of the Metroidvanias I've played recently maneuverability/maneuvering/fun wise. Everything is fluid and nothing is clanky when you move or fight or whatever.”
    • “Easily slots itself as a top 20 for the console thanks to the everchanging, unrelenting and yet fair gameplay that impresses graphically, the subpixeling on display rivals even Metal Slug.”
    • “Unfortunately, for a roguelite, the gameplay loop grows stale rather quickly.”
    • “There isn't a lot of creativity in the modifiers to really change up the gameplay.”
    • “Seriously, the gameplay made me lock in.”

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    78% positive mentions, 11% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised as exemplary and spectacular, enhancing the overall experience without being distracting. It is considered among the best on the platform, contributing significantly to the game's fun and polished feel.

    • “Sound and music are exemplary.”
    • “The music is some of the best on the system.”
    • “It's already one of the better examples of a platformer for the Genesis, with truly spectacular art and music.”
    • “The soundtrack doesn’t stand out, but it doesn’t get in the way either.”

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    63% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features outstanding graphics for its platform, boasting fluid animations, large detailed sprites, and diverse enemy designs. Its strong art direction and aesthetic appeal, especially across multiple character styles, place it among the best visuals on the console. Overall, the visuals significantly enhance the engaging and polished gameplay experience.

    • “The art direction is one of the best I’ve ever seen, with multiple characters and fighting styles adding to the visual appeal. My favorite character aesthetically is the mage.”
    • “Visually, it’s beautiful for a Genesis game, featuring well-animated characters and a strong aesthetic.”
    • “The visuals are some of the best on the system with fluid animations, large sprites, and a variety of enemy designs.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Optimization is inconsistent, with noticeable performance drops and bugs occurring when many enemies or objects are on screen, which can disrupt gameplay and weapon use. While initially nostalgic, these issues quickly become frustrating.

    • “The performance changes a lot when many things are on screen and has some bugs (gamebreaking, terrain interfering with normal use of some weapons).”
    • “Performance dips whenever multiple enemies appear on screen, which is charming at first (reminded me of Mega Man) but becomes annoying fast.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is impacted by a perk that freezes the game briefly when the player is hit, which some users feel makes the gameplay too easy and diminishes the challenge.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find Astebros superior in replayability due to its diverse gameplay and overall variety, making it more engaging to revisit compared to Demons.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story in Demons is praised and considered superior, contributing positively to the overall experience, while Astebros is favored for its gameplay and replayability.

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is praised for its beautiful backgrounds, vibrant colors, and well-designed environments that create a captivating and immersive experience.

    • “Backgrounds are equally beautiful with great colors and environments that all have a terrific atmosphere.”
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Astebros is a arcade platformer game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Astebros include demons, indie, magic, gaming, pixel graphics and others.

Astebros is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

Astebros was released on May 30, 2023.

Astebros was developed by Neofid Studios.

Astebros has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Astebros for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Astebros is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Black Future '88, Caveblazers, Hyper Light Drifter, Micro Mages, Absolum and others.