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Summum Aeterna
Developer Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Summum Aeterna is a fast-paced Roguelite inspired by the Metroidvania Aeterna Noctis. Create your own worlds, challenges, difficulty and influences in each new run. Die, learn, become stronger, and achieve victory. Death is inevitable, but glory is only for the chosen. From the Steam store page
196 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
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153 positive · 36 negative
95% range 75–86%
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| Steam reviews | 153 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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7 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
333 of 401 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 196 · most liked firstI'd like to recommend this game but this developer has proved time and time again that they lack any capacity of self-reflection. They have added Easy Anti Cheat to both of their single player games and refuse to listen to the community that has been requesting support to launch the games without it enabled but the worse thing is that their communication has been accusatory, passive aggresive and try to emotionally manipulate anyone who expressess dissatisfaction. Unfortunately I won't be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You will defeat these enemies with the power of darkness!! Oh, and this gun you found. This game is so criminally underrated right now. It’s a mix of Aeterna Noctis platforming and action mixed with Dead Cells mechanics, and it is such a f**king chef's kiss of pure fun you can pick up and put down anytime for some quick action. This game is fun. It's just fun. It’s really fun if you’re a fan of the Rogue Legacy flavor of meta progression. Every run is a little different. It's casual to just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a lot of potentially cool features here, marred by a sort of weird half-assedness to some. My first, and primary issue, is that you can re-keybind in this game. Which is great. Except... they only half implemented it. You rebind the arrow keys to WASD? Great! Except that camera controls and menus will still demand you go back to the arrows every time. There's lots of various debuffs and DoTs and such in this game! Cool! Except... you are rarely given an explanation of what they do,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game straight up doesn't respect your time. The upgrades are so minimal to just milk you along with slow increases of like 1% to crit or 2% to healing that you can afford maybe 2-3 a run (and that's only at the start) that I don't understand why I'd waste my time. It's more egregious when you can tell the design team phoned in some of the aspects of this game too. Why is my dude a blonde guy with a blonde beard in gameplay (who somehow looks like he's 480p in a 1080p world) while in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A dynamic platformer that offers to go on an exciting adventure to defeat all the representatives of the dark forces. The optimization was a little disappointing, but otherwise the game is good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game ruined by bad performance. I measured it and it doesn't ever reach stable 120 FPS with frame drops and fluctuations that I can feel and which make precision movement inconsistent and unpleasant. While I know my system can run most games on stable 120 FPS @ 1440p, I measured similar games to be fair: * Dead Cells: stable 120 FPS * Rogue Legacy 2: stable 120 FPS * Spelunky 2: stable 120 FPS None of these game ever stuttered in a way I noticed even though I usually have vsync on.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't understand the amount of good reviews on this game. The combat feels stale and the controls are clunky. All the dialogues feel like they were written by a 16 year old kid with so much cringe it hurts. Most of the music feels out of place and in general the ambiance of the game is way off in comparison to the theme of the game. This is one of the worst roguelikes that i've played that isn't just bad because of the quality. Because the quality is decent. (even though the character art…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game starts good, but once you get the jibaro, it all goes very bad. the bone heads you call to fight for you turn useless and will not fight, and it softlocks the game. at this time, getting the game is pointless. if the devs want this bad review removed or changed to be good, i'll do that once this review stops being true.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the few recent indie and RPG games that I've really got into. What I really liked about this game was the random generation of worlds. This means that each world has its own unique seed. Another strong point of this game is the graphics. I love the colours and effects! The mechanics are also easy to understand (everybody can get it at once) and the variety of weapons is great. The controls are simple and intuitive. Even someone new to this type of game will find it easy. All in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summum Aeterna's play just kind of feels bad, and seems to be full of boring things without anything actually positive or engaging. The metaprogression is just some lengthy lists of stat upgrades and drop bonuses. The "world seed" is just a rudimentary maps system that, again, merely comes out to a boring list of modifiers. The platforming is poor and barren. The weapons (of which there are only three kinds) have little to do, and at least one plays downright awfully. The fighting and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meh. For the first 6 hours or so you're intrigued by the high difficulty and interesting worlds. I also found the dialogue clever. There is nothing glaringly wrong with how your character controls and combat can be fun. Problem is it's pretty repetitive -- not enough variation in worlds or enemies. Biggest problem is that there are way too many types of currency and the meaningful upgrades (ie, a new weapon) cost way too much. You end up grinding way too much, experiencing the same content…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I was a young lad, I had a box filled with currency from all around the world. I had many different kinds of coins, but not enough of any to be of any value. This game is that box.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Written By Hidden Gems Review : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38624426/, Follow me! Summum Aeterna is a Metrovania Roguelite game. The game made me remember rogue legacy 2 it's exactly the same fast paced super fluid gameplay which I love on roguevanias, easy to control but hard to master. The roguelite features on this game are great and very original, there are a lot of things for upgrade and not only the typical stats but the metaprogression feels very real. High replay value…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unplayable without being able to change key binds for some of us. If you can handle wonkey 1998 keyboard controls then you are fine. Personally I can't get past the first level. To be specific, you cant remap to use WASD as movement and mouse, with side buttons to attack. Happy now developer rather than suggesting my experience isnt "real"? It doesn't take more than 10 minutes to find out the game has technical flaws that make the game unplayable for you. If the FPS was terrible, and I tried…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun game. Can be a bit challenging, especially in the beginning. The first hour of gameplay I was very very hesitant if I had made a good purchase or not, and I was admittedly struggling. I could see there was a lot of meat on the bones but couldn't access much of it. (There are about six different meta currencies- that really could and should be cut down a bit imo) After a few hours though the game really opens up and you have tons and tons of variation and customization to just about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well this is awkward. I've played Aeterna Noctis - their previous game - for around 20 hours and loved it, even calling it "a worthy successor of Hollow Knight"! But this game simply didn't click with me. The "roguelite" format doesn't really work here in my opinion, you are simply forcing me to pick a weapon I dislike (well, I dislike all of them) and fight way too overleveled enemies, died a million times until I get a scrap of 10% extra damage and maybe can make a dent in the boring enemies…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adventure 2D game, running, killing enemies. Nothing special, standard
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Think Rogue Legacy, but crank up time wasting to over 9000. ✔ crafting maps (RNG) and multiple paths for meta-progression ? repurposed everything from Aeterna Noctis (which is very good!) ? life sustain is king ? meta progression is emperor ✘ very repetitive dungeon crawling ✘ combat is either about staying far away and sniping as ranged or throwing yourself at the enemy to stunlock them in melee ✘ extremely grindy - stopped playing after opening first "lootbox" for 50 total levelups - got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a true gem. Very similar to Dead Cells. There are a good amount of content to grind for and to beat (if you like going for hard modifiers and stuff). Sadly its development has been abandoned, some areas in this game lack a bit of tuning and balancing. But not all games have to have infinite amount of content coming in. You get what you get and you get a lot with this game. Overall it's a very well made game, with very good progression. You unlock more content, weapons, NPCs,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Creating an off-genre spinoff of Aeterna Noctis sounded such a great idea - the great lore was there to support the experience, the basis for the great visuals was also there, and the movement controls simply didn't need changing, they were so good in the original game. Going the roguelite combat route was somewhat risky, as combat was never a strong aspect of A.N., but if the team focuses on that, then a significant improvement is inevitable, right? Well, wrong. With a lot of hard work,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not quite as good as it's predecessor, but still fun. Way more fun than I thought it would be, but still don't recommend it. Fairly straight forward rogue lite. Gameplay loop is simple and rewarding. It's a heavy rogue-lite, lot's of progression, and didn't waste my time. Maps are really basic and appear to be randomized. You are able to fast travel from the start to any major room, so the game is quick and convenient to explore. The game is really transparent with you, showing all enemies,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really tried to like this game! I had a major bug that caused me to have restart 12 hours in and that was a more than a little annoying! BUT MY main problem was the overall lack of changes in traversal options (and level design that goes with that) i.e. all of the movement mechanics are explained right away and the level design feels too simplistic because of this. I also have trouble with it because they made the game solely about enemy difficulty and slowly building up to beating that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summum Aeterna is a blend of Roguelike, Action-RPG combined with hack and slash mechanics. It is fast, full of combos and extremely balanced. It takes inspiration from games such as Dead Cells, Blasphemous and Hollow Knight. The combat and art are absolutely phenomenal. You simply have to beat monsters of all kinds and everyone you meet on the way! Replayability is high, each run having a different level design, enemy placement and hidden items. This game deserves to be played by every fan of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one is my go to. To me its like a mixture of Dead Cells and the layouts remind me of Rogue Legacy 2. More importantly this is a roguelite done right. Its "git gud" but guess what I got good. Why? cause I wanted to unlock or upgrade the next thing. The game draws you right in, I love it. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A grindfest game with very little enemy and room types. You will keep encountering same room with same enemies over and over again. Overall very boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game could recover but for now, it just feels half baked.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →KAMGUSTA'S MINI REVIEW It's a roguelite focused on combat and exploration of random worlds, sequel of "Aeterna Noctis". The execution is somewhat good and somewhat bad, game is nowhere near as good as "Dead Cells" or "Rogue Lite 2". Simple level design, lack of polishing, difficult spikes and average upgrades (weapons/abilities) make this game a missed opportunity. It's not updated anymore, so that hope is also lost. Best played with joypad Recommended buy price: 5$ Score: 5/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot recommend. It is not fully localized. By that I mean that certain conversations are in spanish when you are set to English. The developer has known this for over a year and has not fixed this. I also had it do Chinese? when I paused during a boss fight. How can a developer not fix this in that amount of time. Also there is a hardlock in the game when trying to get a specific weapon. You have to Alt+F4 to close the game. Again, developer has known for over a year. Their…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible controls. Why would you allow rebind for some but not all? Gotta switch between mouse and keyboard just to hit enter :/.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like the first project of the aeterna universe, summum pleased with its atmosphere and graphics. Although some enemy models do not always fit into the entourage one hundred percent, this is easily corrected with a sword, scythe or pistol.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the king of darkness does not understand why no one knows him, tries to prove to everyone that he is cool, but is killed by a random bat
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game where you will definitely not be bored. A huge number of monsters waiting for you around every corner. Nice graphics. A large arsenal of weapons and exciting battles will not leave you indifferent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is pretty nice, but a crash made me lose all of my progress. The devs did not offer any support in email, steam or discord. Can't in good conscience recommend buying this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⠀⠀After playing the first part, I couldn't get past Summum Aeterna. We continue to play as the King of Darkness and explore the world. This is metroidvania and a bagel in one, which hints at re-passing after death. But progress will be preserved, the passage of the world will last forever. ⠀⠀Skills are also opened during the game, the mouse inversion in viewing the nearest field is annoying, it may be possible to change. ⠀⠀Swimming beyond the limits of the future, the journey becomes more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting game with many of equipement, magic, weapons, monsters and bosses. All of you need to fall in love with game. I reccomend to try play in hard difficulty if you are hardcore player, you will like it 100%. Also here a lot of action, fun and challenges.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No, I would not recommend it. The main problem here in this game is that it is terribly balanced, terribly. I am able to complete a run only with two weapons - Jibaro and Basaltaic golem or whatever. Finishing a run with a blade, gun or a scythe is a unreachable dream - game is soo difficult in short distance that You can spend like hundreds of hours to complete it. I have difficulty level 2 - I dont see any benefits from it. I can see different types of seeds - I dont see any benefits from it.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abadonware with lots of unfixed bugs. Game has a lot of potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, maybe needed a bit more content, few more bosses and maps, gets a bit repetitive, but overall an enjoyable experience. I thought Aeterna Noctis was much better though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This runs well on the steam deck and i recommend changing steam input to use d pad as joystick and set right trackpad to be a single button bound to dpad down. This roguelite feels like an improved and fleshed out rogue legacy. it isnt very enjoyable at first but as you get stronger it becomes more fun in an almost exponential way. good stuff.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roguelites can be a tough sell for me, but I enjoyed Summum Aeterna more the more I played it. I enjoy the movement. The combat took a little getting used to but once I did I really liked trying out all the different weapons and learning how to ascend them to power them up. The environments have a lot of variety and are nice to look at. Playing roulette with death added some interest, as he cursed you until you fulfilled certain conditions to receive a buff instead. Navigating your way…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played Aeterna Noctis almost a year ago now, it was comforting to see that it feels, looks and sounds very much like it. Rooms are very basic. There's only dash and jump this time and no complicated platforming. I completed a full run after 4 and a half hours of playing the game. This was happen-stance because of some OP directions you can go with the life-leeching sword with high attack speed, combined with the map modifier that keeps dishing out bonuses through cards like +10%…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a blast with this game. A great mix of Aeterna the metroidvania, and Rogue Legacy. Grindy and difficult, but feels great once you've gotten some failed runs and upgrades under your belt. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who likes roguelikes with strong meta progression.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I start game. Do tutorial, which explains how sword works, but no other weapon. There's no menu explaining weapons. My scythe can fart out a purple shape. What does this do. ??? I think kill guys with skulls on them? I don't know. I'm a guy with black hair and a beard talking. He shuts up, I see my sprite. I'm blonde. Sometimes its white. Its a different length to the image. ??? I notice the screen is too small, the map doesn't fit. I go in options. Resolution. There is only one resolution…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summum Aeterna is a great roguelite, with tons of hours of content and progression, where you can craft how your runs are going to be thanks to an extensive "seed" system for your games that let you customize your runs as you see fit thanks to the many different parameters these seeds can have. The game also features a lot of meta progression and most of the times you will have something to buy when finishing a run, which is something I love and makes me want to play more. The different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Superbly crafted Roguelike with beautiful art design and color palette. Controls are tight and precise. Meta-game is full of content and interesting combinations. Combat while straightforward has a nice impact & flow and the difficulty curve is adequate. I would have liked more explanation on certain systems and events but it becomes clear once you experience it and pay attention to the details. Definitely an investment full of the heart. Well done Dev team -
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summum Aeterna delivers an exhilarating roguelite experience. Its captivating art and deep gameplay exceeded my expectations. Defeating the immortal Dark King is tough, but progress persists, keeping the journey rewarding. Randomized worlds with seed-based modifiers ensure endless surprises. Fast-paced combat is essential for survival. Customizable adventures, rich rewards, and competitive cross-platform leaderboards make it a roguelite standout!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fluent swift animation combat. Progression and upgrade system is nicely balanced.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Prequel to the metroidvania Aeterna Noctis... Mix between frenetic action and Roguelite with a wonderful 2d world drawn entirely by hand with hardcore levels and addictive gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It turned out a cool game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hidden gem. you'd think a game with not even 300 ratings would be short or unfinished or maybe just not that good but it's literally on the level of hades/dead cells i'd even argue some aspects are better in this one also it's HEAVILY inspired by castlevania and world seeds are a very unique mechanic. The cosmic area is just gorgeous 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First impression wasn't great. But as it opens up it gets better. But it is very difficult. Also it just is not fun or interesting. Gets repetitive fast and somehow does no work as a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm very sure that devs had no idea what they were doing with aeterna noctis and got lucky in making a good game, which didn't happpened with this one. Game is unfun to play, with 0 payoff and a very mess-up meta progression, it looks like it tries to be many other games at the same time and miserably fail.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summum Aeterna (SA) is an excellent side-scrolling, action-oriented RPG. It is remarkably replayable with high stage and weapon randomization and customization. SA features four distinctive weapon types, though each has a variety of base abilities, levels and quality tiers. There is also a great socketing system giving you much to experiment with. Everything has a use and there is no junk equipment or abilities. SA’s graphics are clear and crisp and similar in style to Bloodstained or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You're better off grinding out Spanish than grinding out this game. That way you'll at least be able to understand a large chunk of the dialogue that's supposed to be in your native language. And unironically, the progress in this game pays out like an exploited seasonal worker too. It also has Easy Anti-Cheat still, despite the vulnerabilities and stating they would remove it like the original game. Doesn't state it on the store page. Abandoned game after a year+ of saying they're working…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn't enjoy the demo of this game, but bought the game on sale because I enjoyed Aeterna Noctis and wanted to give it a chance. There's a TON of content in this game. I love it. I'm 20 hrs in and haven't unlocked or seen but maybe 15% of the content. Combat and traversal is tight and engaging(it handles just like Aeterna Noctis.) The only cons I can think of for the game would be that the bats and one hit flying enemies always run inside of walls & you have to bait them out by running away.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very similar to Rogue Legacy, but different enough to enjoy. Lots of love went into making this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved noctis aeterna so much, and I knew this game is piggybacking on it and I don't mind it at all since the combat and controls of noctis are so fun, but this game is really devoid of everything that made noctis great! bad level design consisting of 3-4 room designs that keeps repeating with the same platforming puzzle, a lot of items that doesn't add that much to the formula and weird choices all around. clearly this type of games is not their specialty and I'm glad their next game will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished a new review for the 2d hack and slash roguelite Summum Aeterna, a pretty interesting game that might be worth your time to look into
unlabelledView post →At first it's not clear how the enemies hit, because of what you lose, but then you crumble them into mincemeat, gracefully dodging all attacks. It's cool.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summum Aeterna is a very good continuation game. The best roguelite with original art. Very spectacular and colorful environment and levels in the game) I recommend it to everyone, the game is worth it.
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