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Duskfade

The joy is found in how close to being like its heroes Duskfade is.
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79%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
Critic Score 79%Based on 13 reviews

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About Duskfade

Duskfade is a single player casual platformer game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Weird Beluga and was released on August 13, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night. Master a seamless blend of dynamic platforming and fast-paced combat. Jump, dash, grapple, and glide your way through …

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graphics4 positive mentions

  • Beautiful and whimsical art style with impressive visuals and music.
  • Engaging platforming with tight controls and plenty of collectibles to find.
  • Heartfelt and endearing story with well-designed bosses and charming characters.
  • Combat can feel awkward, janky, and takes time to get used to.
  • Second half of the bosses and some enemy waves can feel cheap or overwhelming.
  • Lack of a map and slow progression can lead to player frustration.
  • graphics

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

    The graphics feature a beautiful, whimsical art style with impressive visuals that create a charming and immersive world. The game's design enhances the platforming experience and complements the heartfelt story and engaging boss battles. Overall, the visuals contribute significantly to the game's nostalgic and enjoyable atmosphere.

    • “Duskfade offers a heartfelt, emotional story, gorgeous visuals, excellent boss design, and plenty of hidden goodies to keep you scouring its beautiful locales for a couple dozen hours.”
    • “Great platforming focused world design, impressive visuals and music, just a fun world to exist in, nostalgic gameplay, smart handheld mode implementation.”
    • “Beautiful art style and whimsy feel.”
  • story

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

    The story is generally praised for being heartfelt and emotional, with charming characters and meaningful life lessons, all enhanced by beautiful, whimsical art and engaging environments.

    • “Duskfade offers a heartfelt, emotional story, gorgeous visuals, excellent boss design, and plenty of hidden goodies to keep you scouring its beautiful locales for a couple dozen hours.”
    • “Genuine, emotional story, fantastic character design, beautiful, expansive environments to explore, plenty of hidden items to discover.”
    • “Story is charming and has good lessons about life.”
  • gameplay

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

    The gameplay is praised for its excellent platforming-focused world design, impressive visuals and music, and nostalgic feel, creating an enjoyable and immersive experience. Additionally, the smart handheld mode implementation enhances playability.

    • “Great platforming-focused world design, impressive visuals and music, just a fun world to exist in.”
    • “Nostalgic gameplay with smart handheld mode implementation.”
    • “Impressive visuals and music combined with great platforming-focused world design.”
  • emotional

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

    Duskfade delivers a genuinely emotional and heartfelt story complemented by fantastic character design and beautiful, expansive environments. Its engaging narrative and hidden collectibles enhance the overall emotional experience for players.

    • “Duskfade offers a heartfelt, emotional story, gorgeous visuals, excellent boss design, and plenty of hidden goodies to keep you scouring its beautiful locales for a couple dozen hours.”
    • “Genuine, emotional story, fantastic character design, beautiful, expansive environments to explore, plenty of hidden items to discover.”
  • music

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

    The music is praised for complementing the impressive visuals and enhancing the enjoyable, nostalgic atmosphere of the game world.

    • “Great platforming-focused world design, impressive visuals and music, just a fun world to exist in, nostalgic gameplay, smart handheld mode implementation.”
  • character development

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

    The character development is praised for its genuine and emotional storytelling, complemented by fantastic character design. The immersive environments and hidden items further enhance the depth and engagement with the characters.

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Duskfade is a casual platformer game with fantasy theme. Common tags for Duskfade include 3D, precision platformer, magic, linear, exploration and others.

Duskfade is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Windows and others.

Duskfade was released on August 13, 2026.

Duskfade was developed by Weird Beluga.

Duskfade has received mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Duskfade for its graphics.

Duskfade is a single player game.

Similar games include Lucky Newt, Buramato, Temple of the Gods, The Sintonia Chronicles, Lumos and others.