- Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Atomic Owl is a pixel art-based single-player, side-scrolling roguelite that combines fast-paced platforming with dynamic hack-and-slash combat and a variety of weapons, powerups, and a demonic blade. Journey through eight roguelite zones, save your friends, and take up arms against Omega Wing!
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, grave and earnest.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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TheSixthAxisAran SuddiJul 20258/10Atomic Owl is a satisfying roguelike with a simple progression that allows you to make headway quickly through the levels. This does come at the expense of the combat, which is a bit too on the easy side, with the platforming much more challenging than any boss fight. Overall though, if you want a short, simple, and good looking roguelike then Atomic Owl is worth a go.
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PS3Blog.netMay 20268/10Fast-paced 2D pixel art synthwave roguelite hack and slash now on Switch
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Video ChumsA.J. MaciejewskiJun 20264/5 starsAtomic Owl is retro 2D action done in a way that'll consistently keep you on edge with its cleverly challenging stage and boss designs. 🦉
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Checkpoint GamingTom QuirkJul 20253.5/10Based on the impressive visuals and soundtrack, I wish I had a better time with Atomic Owl. I love a good roguelike platformer as much as the next person, but without carefully executed roguelike random elements, Atomic Owl is just a platformer where you start from the beginning after every game over. This tested my patience as I powered through the same levels, again and again, after every failure. Atomic Owl also currently has too many issues with frequent crashes, buggy boss fights, and poor design to merit a recommendation to anyone but the most tolerant of platformer fans.
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So Many GamesSteven LandrayJul 20252.5/5 starsA stylish exterior hides a game that tries too hard to blend gameplay styles, leading to a fast-paced roguelite built around slow, weighty combat; Atomic Owl is glamorous, with incredible visual design backed up by a stunning synth-wave soundtrack, but without a solid gameplay loop, it fails to hook players in, prompting frustration instead of incremental improvement.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Monster Theater
- Publisher
- Eastasiasoft
- Released
- July 31, 2025
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity 2021
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 1 ratings.
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