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Augment Anthem

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55%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

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Augment Anthem is a single player open world hack and slash game with post-apocalyptic and science fiction themes. It was developed by Project Ego and was released on May 15, 2026. It received very positive reviews from players.

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91%Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews
music4 positive mentions
  • Excellent exploration and level design with a beautifully interconnected world, rewarding backtracking, and engaging platforming challenges.
  • Unique and satisfying progression system with augment upgrades that significantly enhance mobility and combat abilities.
  • Strong atmosphere supported by haunting, melancholy music, intriguing lore, well-written side characters, and distinctive visual style blending pixel art and 3D models.
  • Gameplay and animations can feel janky, with issues like stutter, clunky movement, awkward platform interactions, and inconsistent combat feedback.
  • Combat is generally easy and somewhat unchallenging, with limited enemy variety and AI often allowing safe strategies.
  • Programming and polish issues including bugs, frame desync, missing sound effects, and some UI/map clarity problems that occasionally hinder progression.

  • music

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    57% positive mentions, 43% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is generally praised for its haunting, melancholy, and oppressive tone that complements the bleak setting and visuals. While some note repetitive looping, the soundtrack remains enjoyable and adds depth to the exploration and platforming experience with its unique, cyber-melancholy style.

    • “The haunting music felt very melancholy and oppressive, matching the bleak setting and grotesque visuals.”
    • “Maybe half of the soundtrack had some great tunes, with a slightly unusual music direction and cyber melancholy.”
    • “The OST and music sometimes looped, but it was enjoyable to listen to during all these hours of exploration and platforming; I don't mind a good OST.”

  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The story of Augment Anthem centers on a robot named Ego in a robot-controlled world, offering a modest but engaging narrative. While the game lacks high production values, its story and characters are reasonably well developed, complemented by town upgrades and exploration elements.

    • “Augment Anthem is a 2D metroidvania about a robot named Ego, in a world where robots take control and you're on a mission to find more about yourself and what paths lie ahead.”
    • “Even though the game does not have a huge production behind it, the story and the characters were not too bad. You can upgrade the town with some decorations, and occasionally visit it to buy upgrades or unlock some doors for extra items.”
    • “But the story!”

  • atmosphere

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere of the game is consistently praised for its strong and immersive audiovisual experience, creating a compelling mood. While some users needed time to connect with the gameplay, the overall ambiance is described as tangible and highly enjoyable.

    • “Finally, there's the mood and atmosphere created by the audiovisual experience.”
    • “I'm happy to say that Anthem delivered a very tangible and great atmosphere.”
    • “The atmosphere was immediately noticeably good.”

  • gameplay

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a substantial 10 to 16 hours of content with interesting and unique mechanics, particularly in its combat system. Although there is a slight learning curve, especially compared to other platformers and metroidvanias, mastering it reveals one of the game's greatest strengths.

    • “There's at least ten hours of gameplay on offer or closer to 16 if you want to go for everything, which I highly recommend!”
    • “The game has some interesting mechanics.”
    • “There’s a slight learning curve due to a unique spin on fight mechanics compared to other platformers and metroidvanias, but once you get the hang of it, that uniqueness becomes one of its greatest strengths.”

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics are consistently praised for their striking and unique art style, with visuals that effectively complement the game's bleak and atmospheric setting. Players find the artwork visually appealing and well-designed, enhancing the overall immersive experience.

    • “The haunting music felt very melancholy and oppressive, matching the bleak setting and grotesque visuals.”
    • “The OST was also just pleasant to listen to as were the visuals to look at.”
    • “Music is nice, artwork is awesome.”

  • optimization

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

    The game is well optimized, featuring efficient file size, fast loading times, and smooth framerates.

    • “It was also well optimized in terms of file size, loading times and framerates.”
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Augment Anthem is a open world hack and slash game with post-apocalyptic and science fiction themes. Common tags for Augment Anthem include indie, exploration, pixel graphics, metroidvania, dystopian and others.

Augment Anthem is available on PC and Windows.

Augment Anthem was released on May 15, 2026.

Augment Anthem was developed by Project Ego.

Augment Anthem has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Augment Anthem for its music.

Augment Anthem is a single player game.

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