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Kotama and Academy Citadel

80% positive of 2,582 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
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Steam

Made by Atomstring Games. Published by 2P Games.

About the game

In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Spectacle fighter
  • JRPG
  • Souls-like
  • Action RPG
  • Female Protagonist
  • Platformer
  • Anime
  • Action-Adventure
  • Exploration
  • RPG
  • Sci-fi

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What players say

  • Recommended
    99% of the game is extremely tame actually. underneath the goonerism and post-boss ass shot is a competent metroidvania. nothing original but does what it does well. small map and doesn't overstay its welcome. lots of hidden rooms to find with actual rewards instead of +200 currency. would like to see where these devs go next. extended thoughts here

    19 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Quite short compared to most modern metroidvanias, but due to it, it doesn't get old at all. There were some moments where I was "Bruh", cuz I am bad, but learning bosses doesn't take all that long, and they all pretty fun. There is only couple attacks in game that I still think are a bit too much, but def would recommend. Oh, and lots of *nice* art too. Def worth your time.

    15 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Imaging getting stuck in dialog that you cannot escape because hitting A loops back into the same NPC dialog, only to have to force close and reopen and lose all the progress you made.

    1.6 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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