Anodyne is an adventure developed by Analgesic Productions, released 22 March 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. It currently starts at $2.99 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 6.6 hrs to finish.
What Anodyne is
Anodyne is an adventure game developed by Analgesic Productions and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Flixel.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Anodyne is an action-adventure video game developed by Analgesic Productions. After a nearly year-long development through developers Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka's last years in college, the game was released on February 4, 2013, for Windows PC, Mac OS X and Linux. An Android version was released as part of a Humble Bundle on October 15, 2013. The PlayStation 4 version of the game was released on September 9, 2018, the Xbox One version was released on September 21, 2018, and the Nintendo Switch version was released on February 28, 2019. The Anodyne soundtrack was also made available for purchase at the game’s initial release, including all of the music in the game as well as a few…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 6 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Anodyne holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.6 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.45 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz, single core, 1 GB RAM and Any. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at IndieGala, 80% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $4.50 — a spread of $1.51 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Anodyne launched on 22 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Age of Empires II HD. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Age of Empires II HD.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Anodyne yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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