Fit check
Is Aeternum Vale worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want open-world exploration and hidden routes
- Action-platforming players who enjoy challenging movement and combat
- Players drawn to unusual characters, pixel art, and orchestral game music
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a linear platforming route may not prefer the open-world structure and hidden passages
- Players looking for low-intensity action may not enjoy the challenging platforming and combat
- Players wanting a setting without unusual characters or bugs may not suit its listed features
Our take on Aeternum Vale
The game departs from a tightly directed Metroidvania structure by presenting its exploration as an open-world journey with optional fights, secret routes, movement abilities, and local characters. Its stated soul-saving quest also introduces an unusual premise alongside the platforming and combat.
What is Aeternum Vale?
Aeternum Vale is a Metroidvania set in a cryptic open world with dangers, mysteries, hidden paths, secret passages, and unusual characters.
Players can jump, push, dash, climb, glide, and slice through the environment while choosing which fights to take. The game includes an upgradable weapon, platforming and combat challenges, and encounters with local characters who can become friends. Its handcrafted pixel-art world is paired with an original orchestral soundtrack by Wesley Coleman. The stated quest involves saving the player character’s soul or giving it away. Bugs are listed among the game’s features, alongside a dog character. Exploration, movement, combat, upgrades, and character encounters form the main structure.
How Aeternum Vale plays
- 01Open-world exploration
- The pixel-art world contains concealed routes, secret passages, dangers, and mysteries.
- 02Movement abilities
- Traversal includes jumping, pushing, dashing, climbing, and gliding.
- 03Upgradable weapon
- The game includes a weapon that can be upgraded.
- 04Character encounters
- Players can spend time with unusual local characters and make friends.
- 05Original soundtrack
- Composer Wesley Coleman provides a classic orchestral soundtrack for the game.
Aeternum Vale compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also described as a Metroidvania, while Aeternum Vale focuses on a cryptic open world, hidden routes, optional fights, character encounters, and an upgradable weapon. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is presented as a definitive edition containing previous updates and the Magnate of the Gong update; those edition details are not part of Aeternum Vale’s description.
Aeternum Vale: platforms & release
Is Aeternum Vale worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want open-world exploration and hidden routes. Skip it if: players seeking a linear platforming route may not prefer the open-world structure and hidden passages.
Where can I download Aeternum Vale?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Aeternum Vale's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Aeternum Vale on?
Windows only.
