# Alwa's Awakening Summer DB entity ID: c9e596f2\-5589\-4c9d\-be4e\-3c04871ecb53 Steam App ID: 549260 In Alwa's Awakening you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa\. Equipped only with a magic staff she awakens in a distant land and must set out to help the people\. Traverse dangerous dungeons, meet interesting and fun characters and explore the world in this 8\-bit adventure game\. Just like the old classics you won't have a flashing arrow telling you exactly where to go and what to do next\. Instead you are free to find your own way and by using your magic staff you can progress through the over 400 unique challenging rooms in the game\. Alwa’s Awakening is a game that tries to stay as close as possible to the authentic 8\-bit look with sweet pixel art, a soundtrack filled with catchy chiptunes and so much charm it’ll bring you right back to the NES era\. With easy to understand controls the game is easy to learn but tough to master, just like how games were in the old days\! A retro game with an authentic feel A new challenging NES\-inspired adventure game with the authentic feel and look of a Nintendo 8\-bit game\. Inspired by classics such as Battle of Olympus and Solstice\. Use your magic staff Equip a magic staff that holds many mysterious powers\. Use it to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in over 400 unique rooms\. Upgrade your staff by finding new gemstones\. You are Zoe Play as Zoe who has been sent for to help free the land of Alwa\. With easy to understand controls, you'll jump and fight your way through the many different challenging rooms\. Explore the land of Alwa Explore a large interconnected map in true ‘Metroidvania’ style\. Play the game any way you want and find your own way through the land of Alwa\. Find new items and learn new abilities Find and unlock a slew of different objects throughout the adventure that will both give Zoe new abilities as well as unlock new areas\. An 8\-bit soundtrack Listen to a completely new 8\-bit soundtrack with over 25 new original tracks composed by Robert Kreese\. Also features a guest track by Prof\. Sakamoto\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Elden Pixels - Publisher: Elden Pixels - Release date: Feb 2, 2017 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Adventure, Indie - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, mac, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_be56c907987602710c4aaef8dae76bbbc2454869\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_f54b244b0d79bf2b8a167a73917cd14955ed0ac3\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_c8cbf576c00358a5c6b1575ab8d64977e8efe6d8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_78d871d08eed9fb2011859654355c4d2043285e0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_5b99befa8fac06c877fe2ff6d7965decf36f8d7f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_c310522c8ed4e7f890e339744eab32e651aa5db8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_906df4016ea5aee556daf0882e1db0af299da5bb\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_5d7d4a3ed317545d557e94cbc3c81ffee589e7c6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_d6797a54144c95a19e0d40f081820145904bb580\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_80ee6d49107f277509b772acdc805543be2f60d7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_cc9b6a5bedc2b5ee15c8b429552aa6b9a89e26a3\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/549260/ss\_5b2dd876cf6ef8165f3964823cb39696ce3b65aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1705322736 - Price: 999 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 1 - Steam review count: 955 - Steam positive reviews: 764 - Steam negative reviews: 191 - Steam positive percentage: 80% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/c9e596f2-5589-4c9d-be4e-3c04871ecb53/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/c9e596f2-5589-4c9d-be4e-3c04871ecb53/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T16:23:28\.489314\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T16:23:29\.938241\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T16:23:29\.490458\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/549260/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/549260/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=549260","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/549260"\},"price":"2026\-09\-22T16:23:28\.489314\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-22T16:23:28\.489314\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-22T16:23:29\.938241\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-22T16:23:29\.490458\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"b3a17391\-00c7\-462d\-9ed8\-188acbcb5090","catalog":"534be4c1\-321e\-42c9\-aa3c\-e9b06b6e388f","details":"f7e3b8ef\-2d58\-4210\-b902\-3d45e462726a","players":"6b1b8690\-f915\-49d0\-8571\-e49e8647298d","reviews":"6958cf72\-d3e8\-4d66\-8f90\-1a42963fb0f8"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"c9e596f2\-5589\-4c9d\-be4e\-3c04871ecb53","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/549260/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/c9e596f2-5589-4c9d-be4e-3c04871ecb53)