Evoland

This is arguably one of the worst game I've played in the past years. As others have said, the concept is interesting but the execution is aweful. This is supposed to be a tribute to old console games (typically like Zelda) that weren't "perfect" so there are features that seem unfair/unbalanced/annoying in some aspects compared to recent games (not much savepoint, running around a lot, poor loot, uneven drops etc)...

1 found this helpful, 2026-08-18

Genuinely fun game with an interesting concept spanning several years of gaming. A wonderful love letter to all those great games that inspired many, MANY other countless great games.

0 found this helpful, 2026-08-17

I was really looking forward to playing Evoland since its launch, but I ended up having to request a refund. The advertised controller support is completely broken. I tested the game with two different official Xbox controllers that work perfectly fine with all my other Steam games, and it either fails to detect them entirely or the input is completely messed up. I even plugged in a Logitech G923 wheel just to see if...

0 found this helpful, 2026-06-26

an ode to classic rpgs

0 found this helpful, 2026-08-13

Evoland has a pretty interesting concept: you start in a world made of a couple of pixels and no sound, and as you progress, you start unlocking features you take for granted in modern games: color graphics, music, better animations, larger maps, turn-based battles, real-time combat, and much more. You go through the whole history of gaming in a couple of hours. It gradually introduces new mechanics, graphics styles,...

6 found this helpful, 2026-06-07