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Cyberpunk Metroidvania Altered Alma Announced for PC

Altered Alma Screenshot

In the influx of gaming announcements last week, developer 2Awesome Studio and publisher Critical Reflex revealed Altered Alma, a Metroidvania game combined with RPG elements, at the PC Gaming Show 2023. The title is under development for PC, macOS, and Linux via Steam, and no release date has been announced as of this writing. Preview the gameplay in the trailer below:

In Altered Alma, the story revolves around Jack, the young female red-haired protagonist, exploring and fighting in the re-imagined cityscape of Neo-Barcelona. The side-scrolling space opera game’s exquisite pixel art looks stunning. Apart from the whole Metroidvania formula, it also features a dating sim system wherein you develop new relationships with different characters along the way. Check out the overview below and see if this fits on your radar.

Altered Alma Overview

Embark on a journey through the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona in this stunning cyberpunk Metroidvania adventure with RPG and dating sim elements! 

As a young mercenary named Jack, carve your way through ruthless gangsters and thugs, work for some of the most dangerous people in the city, and make difficult moral choices while protecting your loved ones. 

Embark on a journey through the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona in this stunning cyberpunk Metroidvania adventure with RPG and dating sim elements! 

As a young mercenary named Jack, carve your way through ruthless gangsters and thugs, work for some of the most dangerous people in the city, and make difficult moral choices while protecting your loved ones.

Altered Alma Key Features

  • A Cyberpunk Metroidvania: Discover new routes, acquire powerful upgrades for Jack, and adapt your playstyle as you take on gangs and criminal kingpins of Neo-Barcelona. 
  • Ship, Captain and Crew: Customize Kastefa – Jack’s ship and the base of operations. Upgrade the Kastefa, recruit new crew members, and make it your own. The choices you make will directly influence Jack’s abilities and playstyle.
  • Forge Relationships: Bond with rich, colorful characters: reconnect with Jack’s old friends and make new ones! Recruit them to your cause, build relationships, and possibly even find love in this unforgiving world.
  • Engage in Intense Combat: Master the rapid, stylish combat system and use mobility, skill, and powerful abilities to overcome the relentless onslaught of enemies.
  • A Pantheon of Adversaries: Encounter lots of unique foes – from gangs of giant lizards to armies of cyborgs…and don’t forget a multitude of vicious Bosses for Jack to beat! 
  • Barcelona, Re-Imagined: Explore Neo-Barcelona, a futuristic city based on the real thing! Featuring iconic landmarks: Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and many others! Although they may not look as you expect them to…

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Altered Alma is currently under development for PC, macOS, and Linux. Stay tuned to RPGFan for more indie title coverage.

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Tin Manuel

Tin Manuel

Tin is a designer and a writer by day and an adventurer in whatever game she is playing at night. She gets giddy talking about RPGs (specifically JRPGs), new releases, and reveres almost every female protagonist. She has two cats and two dogs, whom she loves dearly. She’s forgetful at times, but she will always remember Aerith’s death frame by frame in 480p.

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