ActionFit check
Is Akatori worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want exploration tied to unlockable movement abilities
- Action-platformer players who enjoy combining traversal tools with combat
- Players drawn to story-led adventures about a protagonist confronting a spreading threat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a slow, meditative pace rather than platforming challenges and monster fights
- Those who prefer a compact, single-setting game over travel across several distinct worlds
- Players looking for a multiplayer game
Our take on Akatori
The red bird is also Mako’s staff: the same companion serves as both a weapon and a means of navigating the worlds.
What is Akatori?
Akatori is a 2D action platformer with metroidvania elements.
Play as Mako, a battle monk raised at the Akatori Monastery, and travel through amber-infected worlds to stop storms that alter living things. A red bird companion can transform into a staff used to attack enemies and traverse the environment. New staff abilities open routes and combat techniques, including gliding, wall climbing, and sliding down slopes. Explore landscapes, floating structures, and catacombs, uncover the worlds’ history, and face more than twenty enemies and several bosses. The game combines pixel art with 3D models and follows Mako’s story alongside a soundtrack.
How Akatori plays
- 01Transforming bird companion
- The red bird becomes a staff that Mako can use both to fight and to move through the environment.
- 02Staff-based traversal
- Unlockable abilities include gliding, climbing walls, and sliding down slopes.
- 03Enemy encounters
- The game includes more than twenty enemies and several bosses.
- 04Mixed visual styles
- The game combines 2D pixel art with 3D models across its amber worlds.
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Akatori: platforms & release
Is Akatori worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want exploration tied to unlockable movement abilities. Skip it if: players seeking a slow, meditative pace rather than platforming challenges and monster fights.
Where can I download Akatori?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Akatori's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Akatori on?
Windows only.
