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Angvik
Developer Alastair John Jack
Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land. From the Steam store page
183 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Mar 13, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
122 positive · 58 negative
95% range 61–74%
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| Steam reviews | 122 | 58 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,229 of 2,535 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 183 · most liked firstWhat is this?An unforgiving, 2D side-scroller platformer. The Best: The feeling of accomplishment after successfully completing the game, or at least netting a few nice items by dumb luck or careful potion use before your almost always imminent death. Love Nintendo Hard platformers?This game is for you... The Worst: Being born the son of a Peasant when your choice of father was "Great Guy". The swirling arrow icon that resets your progress on said random…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Contrary to what some people said it's not a roguelike. its a platformer with no save spots. it's not more fun because of that. its just a bit more annoying. It's like a roguelike but without any of the fun parts, you see the same ♥♥♥♥ every time, the farther you get, the more tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is basically Ghouls N Ghosts. Which is cool if you like that kind of game, but beating each stage isn't satisfying enough. There's no challenge or concept that draws you in. I don't have to rack my brain to find new and interesting ways to pass the obstacles, nor am I met with any surprise at any point in each level. There are other things wrong, and other things right with the game, but at its core it's just not that fun. That's really all there is to it. If you catch it on sale, sure. Go…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for a platformer game where you die a lot, and start everything all over, and all over again infinite times, then this is a game created for you. After multiple fails and over 2 hours of gameplay I felt seriously frustrated, but still I was NOT able to stop playing it. There's 6 starting classes (It's called "your father was" - King, Lancer, Sheperd, Paladin, Bottler and Peasant) but after a short time you'll lose starting items, so at al there's no diffirence which one you'll…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did some concept art and the Steam banner for a great new videogame called Angvik 2, available now on Steam! I'll be posting some of my concept art for it. It's a great game if you're a fan of action roguelike platformers, and its under $5! store.steampowered.com/app/2921600/...
unlabelledView post →One of the very first pieces of concept art I did for Angvik 2, a Demigod player character design. The story behind the Gods of this world is that they are robotic or synthetic, so the Demigod is a form of cyborg.
unlabelledView post →Don't let the cute graphic fools you. This is actually Dark Souls in 2D. It's roguelike and if you die you have to start a new game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really cool physicallized take on something sorta like ghost n goblins. It's short, simple, but sweet. Most players would probably not like it, cause it's very hard an the controls take some getting used to. If you like how it looks in the video, you probably won't be disappointed, it does a good job showing how the game feels and plays. I enjoyed it and wish there was more to it. More modes, challanges, and maps! Good fun though what is here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game expecting a rogue-like, but the only roguelike element it has is permadeath. Levels are not random, and there are not many powerups. This is a challenging classic platformer (as was common in the NES days). That said, if you like classic platformers this one is not bad. All equipment has a limited number of uses. All weapons and armor collapse and break after it is used 1-4 times. Oils are found occasionally, and can be used to fully repair an armor or weapon while at the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Because Faker plays it. Enough said
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →스트레스받아서 뒤지고 싶으면 이 게임 깔아서 하세여...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angvik is quite the annoying little platformer. Other reviewers compare it to Dark Souls because it's so difficult, but it's honestly nothing like Dark Souls at all. It's really just an unforgiving platform game where you have to get through the whole game without dying. Enemies drop items which you can pick up (or your bird friend picks up) and they either A) add 1 HP for you, or b) give you a weapon. If you're fully armed then the bird puts it in it's napsack and rearms you when you lose your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A single-track game that causes more problems than ... would seem What a nice platformer. So colorful and enjoyable. And everything would be fine ... If it weren't for those damn monkeys, snakes, savages and spikes. Especially the spikes. And the birds. Angvik is not dark. Far from it. As you've already seen in the screenshots, we're dealing here with cartoonish, warm graphics. I have the impression that the author took advantage of it to play even more on the nose of unsuspecting players. At…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed this game, but have to echo the other reviews - it's extremely hard and unforgiving. I really like it though, nice artwork and full controller support, imaginative gameplay and mechanics. Music is nice too. It's an simple game to get into, but extremely difficult to master. For a low-price, Aussie indie title it's definately worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For 2.99$ i can call this game ( Fun ) It was created with Construct 2 ( free software on steam to create games ) But you'd feel better if you get it on sales or a bundle or just cheaper ....because its too damn short the game's animation and art was done beautifully but get ready for some disappointment because this game ends quite fast i mean they werent that big of a team to make such game longer, it can be finished in 5 minutes if you know what you're doing. Basic Game Similar to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you get hit, your clothes will come off. Nudity :p 맞으면 벗음 꺆
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out my art on this banner image for the Fanatical Build-Your-Own Bundle, and while you're there check out Angvik 2, the game I made it for! It's a great game and buying it supports me directly. www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-...
unlabelledView post →Angvik is hardly a game, and it's certainly not worth your money. The "game" in all takes about 10 minutes to beat once you understand how it works, and replay value is very low. The only things that change are what character you play and what enemies get generated in each level. Hitting enemies is frustrating; thrown weapons often skim enemies without killing them, and stomping heads is difficult given varying enemy traits - sporradic movements, rapid ranged attacks that are hard to dodge,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember how Ghosts'n'Goblins was a really cool game? This isn't. Retro platformer with low effort artwork. Incomprehensibly bad control schema implies this is some kind of console port, I can't blame the console guys for rejecting this one, and hey, they have pretty low standards as it is. Fixed resolution, but works okay in full screen if you like blurry upscaling. It does have a "sharp" mode (c'mon guys) that does nothing. Gameplay is tired. You get a sword and some stuff that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is this a game or a proof of concept? I finished this game in 10 minutes, that wouldn't even bother me that much had i known it before hand. I mean Cmon! has anyone even took a look at these tags? they're a MESS! Saying this game is a Roguelike, thats a long stretch, for starters the levels are not randomly generated, i would even debate on it not having perma-death. My point is, its good to know what you are in for. Its just so frustrating when you find something you like, only to discover it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun platformer with varied weapon types. Reminds me of Ghosts 'n Goblins, but with an Adventure Time art style. You can pick a class to start as, but as far as I can tell it only changes your starting gear. Weapons have limited uses, but many others can be picked up and augmented with potions along the way. Your bird companion can carry your extra gear and eggs that can hatch on your command to provide some assistance in the form of a circling attack bird.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angvik is a short action platformer where you travel across a bright world where most things are out to kill you. The gameplay loop is quite simple. You start off with selecting a class based on your father or going with the random selection option. Once you do this, you can travel through a world that will always be the same in structure but will sometimes have different enemy placements based on difficulty. You'll be given some items at the start of the map by your father and be tasked to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stars received: 1.8/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions [0.4] Controls & Training & Help [0.2] Menu & Settings [0.2] Sound & Music [0.3] Graphics [0.3] Game Design [0.2] Game Story [0.2] Game Content Completion time (level/game)? is it Enjoyable & Fun? Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again) BONUS point: Multi-Player related BONUS point: Review for VR - if Registration is required with providing PII Game description key-points:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is clunky and lame. I think it was designed to have a kind of cute sense of humor but it's not entertaining. Do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →looks playeable, but not, very bad key configs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun little game! The art and sound are very pleasant and upbeat. It isn't as much of a "rogue-like" as a platformer with "rogue-lite" bits -- mild randomization of enemy placement and items, but the level layouts and hazards don't change. At first I was kinda disappointed that dying means restarting from the beginning, but it's not annoyingly hard, like some of the cheap platformers I've got that ape the NES era. If you avoid enemies and pick your battles, you'll make progress…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pure evil genius this one. It is obvious devs have played their ghost'n'goblins games well as the similarity is quite visible. there are even charging spri...er.. birds coming at you. And of course disintegrating armor. Die repeatedly and die and die and keep trying to reach farther than last time. thats the game idea in this 2D Darksouls of a platforming game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Memorisation platformer with RNG enemies and items. There's fun to be had here, but checkpoints at the end of each area would be a little more respectful of my time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hard game. But it's satisfied to beat this game :)))
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really easy to play a thousand times and rewarding in the same vein.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one's only for genuine masochists. Unforgiving, true, but also unrewarding and uninspired. Soulless. But most of all, it's painfully boring. if you was ever standing in a queque in supermarket and the saleswoman by the register told you, 'sorry, there's been some malfunction, the register is out of order' and tells you to stand in the next queque, then this game is a bit like this, except it's 1000000 times more repetitive. It feels and plays like some twisted experiment in sadism…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Platformer - Metroidvania Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: This is Rogue legacy without the legacy system or the new level generation instead using Ghouls N Gobins equipment as health system and permadeath. Inferior to the OG concept. https://store.steampowered.com/app/241600/Rogue_Legacy/ The main menu is a lie, you cannot navigate to exit or options and must start game in windowed mode with ALT+enter unresponsive. The Classes are a lie, they are a set…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Challenging mini game, useful while waiting between 2 games online on an other game. Short but intense.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A 10 minute hardcore platformer with an emphasis on RNG. Angvik is practically perfect for what it is. You pick a class, are given a set of items, and go out to...do a thing. There's no story here. You pass between forest, castle, desert, water temple, haunted house, and dungeon. The one problem with this game is that the level design is always the same, but harder difficulties add more enemies. Therefore, the more you play, the easier it becomes as treasure chests always spawn in the same…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a "hardcore" platformer. With repetitive levels, without saves in any way. I cant say i like it. It lacks something. But i cant manage what.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mediocre "free flash game"-level of a platformer at best. It felt like the developer did a half job with it and go "durr let's just make it a hard game" as a crutch for shoddy work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Choose your father! Angvik is a short but difficult platformer. You can take a couple of hits and if you die it's straight back to the start, similar to many old nes games. You can change your starting items and the enemy placement is slightly randomized to keep you on your toes and the way your character rapidly ages keeps things tense Good - tight controls - nice graphics Bad - replaying the first stage gets pretty old Get it if you like super tough platformers, don't pay more than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has neat little details; the different set of armors, weapons and potions that drop or you start with. You can choose from several differently themed starting gear. But along the way you'll notice things like defeating wooden creatures drops wooden gear. That kind of charm is mostly what this game has going for it. Otherwise, this game is very short. If you're good enough this game will last you less than half an hour. The gameplay is very basic. Jump and smack things. Nothing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, this game was hard. I just finished grabbing all the achievements, logging in about 17 hours, I think? And a good chunk of those were spent on the 5 star difficulty level. The art is simple and controls are easy to understand (I used a controller), so it's easy to get started, but you'll be dying at about every corner as you progress. That's normal. There's a 'great guy' option when choosing your character that starts at one star difficulty and randomizes your character (and the map to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Figured this game would suck, and wasn't disappointed. Basically mario but if you wall into a trap or get hit you die and lose all progress and start from scratch. Doesn't that sound like fun (*facepalm*)?! I guess the "replay" value is that you can pick different classes to start, but they only differ in what their armor looks like and their starting weapon. The lancer sucks and throws his weapon away with each hit. Also weapons just break after 2 hits. Oh yeah I forgot how much sense it makes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad interface and strange controls. I got bug-blocker trying to change it. Thats really indie game in worst meaning of that word.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Killed by a half naked man with a blowpipe as I ran across a desert in a loincloth.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The reason I don't recommend this game isn't because it's a bad game; quite the contrary actually. As Einstein put it once, "The definition of Angvik is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Or something along those lines.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: 6/10 Summary: A fun little Rogue-like platformer with decent replayability, unfortunately let down at times by some frustrating mechanics and the bad kind of 'random'. On the surface, Angvik offers 6 classes. However, for 5 of them the only difference is your starting equipment, and given this may only last you the first level or two, the gameplay is essentially identical for these classes (starting gear matters more on harder difficulties... more on that in a sec). The final class is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically Spelunky, but no BS instakill ghost and the world is not procedurally generated.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made a huge mistake buying this. It's so awful :D
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game awesome for people wanting to waste their time in a most efficient way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an endless source of agony, I hate this from the depth of my heart. The Good: The weapons, armours and oil system is neat The time between death and respawn is perfect The Bad: The hit boxes for some enemies are just plain silly The movement is a bit clunky Many of the weapons are VERY CLUNKY WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A SHORT JUMP!? Level 1, #¤%&ing 3 and 5 Having to repeat the whole game every time you die Level 1 again Those flowers in level 1 All of those flowers in level 1 This game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Good Controls + Nice design - style, sound etc - Insanely short Solid controls, nice design and all, but it's way too short. You might have to play it a few times before completing it, since it's quite difficult - at least at first - but when you get familiar with it, you can finish it all in a few minutes. Maybe it would make sense with procedurally generated levels (Spelunky), but as it is right now, it could at most count as a very well made free flash game. Good replay value, but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice and challenging platformer if you want to play something graphically and mechanically simple. I think it has just 4 levels and a bunch of characters to make it through with. Gets repetitive after a few hours but you'll probably complete it before it gets too boring. It's a pity nobody made something bigger of it, I think it has a potential and I'd be happy to see the same concept in a more complex game! 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The horror memories of Ghost n' Goblin is haunting me again when i played this game. It's fun, it's simple, but also unforgiving.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →well, it's decent if you're a fan of ghouls and ghosts style of difficulty platformers, but it still feels quite unpolished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game isn't very original and it's extremely short. There's nothing special about it so I can't recommend buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a nice game you should try it 8/8 also the art feels like Adventure time and i also like that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine Ghouls and Ghosts if it was shorter and easier, but you had to beat it in one session with one life. That is a good TL;DR, but the title is far from an exact clone. The world in Angvik is much more cheerful and happy. Gone is the stilted double jumping. There is way more armor to collect. You can have more than one weapon at once, BUT the weapons have durability. You can jump on enemies, similar to the Mario or DK series. You can use oils to change the quality of your equipment. Your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →awful controls too hard not fun
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor controls, boring gameplay and a shoehorned in inventory system. While I'm fine if a game tries to reproduce goblins and ghouls, or at least incorporate gameplay elements, it should be better than that game in some category. The music is strange, textures and graphics are poor and the gameplay is terrible. Do not recommend, and I asked for a refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →30 minute review. After playing Angvik for little over half an hour I can say there wasn't anything that ever really grabbed my attention to keep playing. It wasn't unplayable or anything. The art style was probably the part I enjoyed the most. It's not a terrible game by any means, but there's nothing to special about it either. Unless you are really into indie platformers, with no real story, or objectives besides going to the right of the screen, I'd pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like Ghosts and Goblins, but not nearly as difficult or unforgiving. Short, but sweet. Definitely worth the 3 dollar price. Decently high replayability if you're interested in playing as all the classes, although by the end of every run you'll probably end up looking nothing like what you started out as, so the classes only really define the first couple stages of the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short and no point to replay. Took me not even 15 minutes to beat it and I feel no reason to go back through again since it just the same stages with a few more enemies.
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