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Nelumbra

100% positive of 17 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Eleven Dusks Studios.

About the game

Trapped in a timeloop with no memories, you are the Light Bearer, fighting to uncover the truth - but at what cost? Harness rhytmic auto-attacks and dashes as light fades around you, raising tension with every move. Shape your power, rewrite your path, and embrace eternity or break free.

Tagged by players

Bullet Hell
Top-Down Shooter
Action Roguelike
Abstract
Survival
Roguelike
Roguelite
Space
Pixel Graphics
Action RPG
Arcade
Dark

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What players say

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Basically, it's a very hard twin stick shooter and plays a bit like "20 minutes till dawn". No auto aim. There's a little bit of meta progression, including unlocking new orbs (characters). Each orb plays a bit different. Some are more close combat, others have a bit more range. After struggling for hours, not understanding what to do, I was about to give up. There's no real tutorial. No explanation of goals. No…
9.7 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Nelumbra is a roguelite action experience that blends survival mechanics, rapid combat, and a mysterious narrative into a compact yet engaging package. Developed and published by Eleven Dusks Studios, the game places players in the role of the Light Bearer, an individual trapped within an endless cycle of rebirth and conflict. From the outset, the premise revolves around uncovering fragments of a forgotten past…
12 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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