Fit check
Is Haunted Lands worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-platformer fans who want six characters with different combat styles
- Solo players who enjoy searching crypts and tombs for secrets and objectives
- Players who prefer challenging combat with artifacts that alter abilities
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed platformer may find the hardcore challenges and boss encounters demanding
- Players who want one fixed protagonist may not prefer choosing among six characters with different playstyles
- Players looking for multiplayer action are not the target audience for this solo game
Our take on Haunted Lands
The defining detail is the pairing of six selectable heroes with artifacts that can substantially change character skills, making combat style depend on both character choice and collected items.
What is Haunted Lands?
Haunted Lands is a dark, retro-inspired action platformer played solo.
Players choose from six characters, each with distinct abilities and a different combat style. Some heroes attack from a distance, while others specialize in close combat. The game’s crypts and tombs contain evil spirits, nightmarish creatures, elite enemies, and challenging bosses. Players can uncover secrets, complete objectives, and collect artifacts that enhance abilities or change character skills substantially. These artifacts provide different ways to approach battles throughout the burial grounds. Haunted Lands is developed entirely by Alevgor, including its systems, encounters, and other details.
How Haunted Lands plays
- 01Six Playable Heroes
- Each character has distinct abilities and favors a different approach to combat, including ranged or close-quarters fighting.
- 02Artifact-Based Changes
- Collected artifacts can enhance abilities or substantially alter a character’s skills.
- 03Crypt Exploration
- Ruins and tombs contain spirits, nightmarish creatures, elite enemies, and challenging bosses.
- 04Secrets And Objectives
- Exploration includes hidden secrets to find and objectives to complete.
Haunted Lands compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a metroidvania, while Haunted Lands focuses on selecting among six heroes and collecting artifacts that can change their skills. Haunted Lands also centers on crypts, hidden secrets, objectives, and bosses; Sundered is presented as an edition containing previous updates and a new update.
Haunted Lands: platforms & release
Is Haunted Lands worth it?
It is worth it if: action-platformer fans who want six characters with different combat styles. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed platformer may find the hardcore challenges and boss encounters demanding.
Where can I download Haunted Lands?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Haunted Lands's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Haunted Lands on?
Windows only.
