AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected
Overview
In a mood for a little journey to a colourful world full of unexpected events and crazy characters? Jump into a feel-good adventure with rogue-lite elements, where action meets cuteness and powers come with friendship. A love letter to anime and quirkiness from two indie developers.
SteamMixed (60%)
70 Steam user reviewsMetacritic51/100
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About the game
- Developer
- Aurelien Regard Games
- Publisher
- Dear Villagers
- Released
- Feb 13, 2019
Description & review sources
- In a mood for a little journey to a colourful world full of unexpected events and crazy characters?
- Jump into a feel-good adventure with rogue-lite elements, where action meets cuteness and powers come with friendship.
- A love letter to anime and quirkiness from two indie developers.
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About the Game
AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected is a love letter to japanese animation made by a two-person team.
It invites you to a very unusual journey to a charming and wacky 3D world populated by 2D characters.
AWAY is a short light-hearted story mixing action, silly discussions, rogue-lite elements and smashing a bunch of cute creatures to overcome every obstacle in your way.
- A 3 to 5 hours journey around a colorful world featuring unique visuals, with 2D characters living in a 3D world.
- Unravel a funny and light-hearted story, with just the right pinch of rogue-lite elements.
- Recruit up to 8 quirky characters, each with their own unique abilities
- An anime-themed soundtrack composed by Kazuhiko Naruse and sung by Aya Majiro!
“Dear Villagers, we may have released some evil forces while working. Sorry, be safe”, say the Labiworks signs all around.
Your neighborhood seems to require some serious monster cleaning. AWAY could have been one of these bloody FPS if only you were not a harmless kid armed with... a wooden stick.
As you throw yourself into danger investigating about missing parents and very strange events happening, you will have to find allies. Luckily enough your neighborhood is full of odd but powerful characters.
You may not be deadly but you’re super good at making friends! From the mine-throwing angry tree to the missile-launching robot or the fireballing yet short-sighted sorcerer, you’ll be in good company!
See the world through your allies’ eyes, first person style, whenever you call upon them. Beware, it can be quite a visual experience! And don’t exhaust them too fast, kiddo!
AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected was made by a two-person team composed of Aurelien Regard (self-made video game developer who previously released The Next Penelope) and Jim Gennisson (former level designer on Rayman Legends and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom).
- Developer
- Aurelien Regard Games
- Publisher
- Dear Villagers
- Released
- Feb 13, 2019
Ratings & review sources
SteamMixed (60%)
70 Steam user reviewsMetacritic51/100
System requirements
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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: 2.4GHZ Dual Core Processor Or Higher
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
macOS — not supported
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- Not specified
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Adventure
- Indie
- Developer
- Aurelien Regard Games
- Publisher
- Dear Villagers
- Released
- Feb 13, 2019
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- Achievements
- 16
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Adventure46
- Indie35
- Rogue-lite26
- Anime26
- First-Person17
- Singleplayer15
- Great Soundtrack13
- Action5
Languages & audio
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Korean
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
Related editions & add-ons
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Sources, updates & publisher notice
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