

Aquaria is a strong Action/Adventure that delivers where it counts.
84
Verdict
88%
Steam
75
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive Steam reviews (88% positive)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Aquaria is an action-adventure game designed by Alec Holowka and Derek Yu, who published the game in 2007 as an independent game company Bit Blot. The side-scrolling game follows Naija, an aquatic humanoid woman, as she explores the underwater world of Aquaria. Along her journey, she learns about the history of the world she inhabits as well as her own past. The gameplay focuses on a combination of swimming, singing, and combat, through which Naija can interact with the world. Her songs can move items, affect plants and animals, and change her physical appearance into other forms that have different abilities, like firing projectiles at hostile creatures, or passing through barriers inaccessible to her in her natural form.

Runs well on modern hardware.
System Requirements
Minimum
A New Chapter...
Reach Open Waters.
20.4%
unlocked
Combo Eater
Devour 6 creatues in a row.
13%
unlocked
Passed Through
Reach the Veil.
12.2%
unlocked
Romance
???
11.4%
unlocked
Dance of the Forest Sprites
Reach the Sprite Cave.
10.5%
unlocked
Spirit Battle
Defeat the Priests.
10%
unlocked
Rock Crab Rocked
Defeat the Rock Crab.
9.9%
unlocked
Boom Shrimp
Defeat the Mantis Shrimp.
9.7%
unlocked
Mergog Defeated
Defeat Mergog
9.2%
unlocked
High Dive
Dive into the water from a certain high location...
8.8%
unlocked
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A New Chapter...
Reach Open Waters.
20.4%
unlocked
Combo Eater
Devour 6 creatues in a row.
13%
unlocked
Passed Through
Reach the Veil.
12.2%
unlocked
Romance
???
11.4%
unlocked
Dance of the Forest Sprites
Reach the Sprite Cave.
10.5%
unlocked
Spirit Battle
Defeat the Priests.
10%
unlocked
Rock Crab Rocked
Defeat the Rock Crab.
9.9%
unlocked
Boom Shrimp
Defeat the Mantis Shrimp.
9.7%
unlocked
Mergog Defeated
Defeat Mergog
9.2%
unlocked
High Dive
Dive into the water from a certain high location...
8.8%
unlocked
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