MIO: Memories in Orbit Reviews
Mio: Memories in Orbit is an elegant and rigorous metroidvania that puts all its focus on exploration and precision. Its world is fascinating to traverse, the movement system is solid, and the bosses provide a genuine challenge. The narrative, however, remains in the background, and the combat system lacks meaningful evolution over time, staying consistently minimal. This is a game that asks a lot from the player and doesn't always return an equally strong emotional engagement, but it still manages to leave a mark thanks to its visual identity and the coherence of its design.
Review in Italian | Read full review
MIO: Memories In Orbit stands as a confident, artistically driven Metroidvania with thoughtful design, expressive movement, and thematic cohesion. Exploring the Vessel feels less like checking off objectives and more like uncovering something forgotten, piece by piece. For a studio stepping into new territory, Douze Dixièmes delivers an experience that feels assured and purposeful. With its evocative world, elegant mechanics, and emotional undercurrent, MIO: Memories In Orbit emerges as one of the strongest early releases of the year, earning a well-deserved place among the genre's modern standouts. It is memorable, distinctive, and absolutely worth the journey.
MIO wears its tough-as-nails metroidvania influences proudly, but spends enough time contorting familiar ideas into punishing gauntlets and rewarding patience with dazzling artistic spectacle that it truly comes into its own.
For a game to break through it has to be not just good, but unique. It has to marry smart, proficient design with a legitimately interesting and distinctive story and aesthetic. It’s a high bar and MIO: Memories In Orbit sails right over it. There are no humans in its sci-fi, but sci-fi is rarely this human—the hands of its designers rarely this evident in a game.
The start of the year used to be a barren place for exciting new games, but MIO: Memories in Orbit disputes that statement. It’s thrilling to play, a Metroidvania where you can feel confident giving yourself over to the development team as they present surprise after surprise.
If you love the Metroidvania genre not just on the surface but deep down, MIO: Memories in Orbit is a game so detailed, polished, and content-rich that it can practically feel like paradise. It tells a highly original story, delivers a feast both visually and sonically, and even after finishing the main narrative, it offers so much to do that you won’t want to put it down before fully wringing it dry - assuming, of course, that the occasionally nonsensical difficulty doesn’t leave you tearing your hair out first.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
A fun Metroidvania with an Art Nouveau-inspired presentation
Android MIO has to clean up a spaceship full of dangerous machines. You'll sweat, but it's not in vain.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
MIO: Memories in Orbit boasts spectacular visuals, a gigantic world, a unique atmosphere, and addictive gameplay. It demands patience and persistence, and not everyone will be able to handle the difficulty or the constant backtracking. But those who get into the spirit of it will find a profound, artistic, and memorable experience that easily ranks alongside the genre's greats.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
MIO: Memories in Orbit is a charming, enjoyable and perfectly well-made Metroidvania. The core gameplay loop is engaging, and there's enough room for upgrades and mastery of skills to keep the relatively simple combat feeling fun throughout. Some awkward platforming drags down the experience a little, but it's not enough to sour the whole. All in all, MIO feels like a great game for fans of Metroidvania-style games to play, and while it may not exactly reinvent the wheel, it shows that a well made game in the genre can still be addictive and fun.
MIO: Memories in Orbit is yet another challenging but rewarding Metroidvania for genre fans to sink their teeth into. It suffers from many of the frustrations typical of the genre, such as difficulty spikes and troublesome backtracking, but its unique visual style and intriguing world make up for it.
It is a disservice to the beautiful world on display here that I was reset back to the start so many times and lost a lot of the meaningful progress I had made. MIO - Memories in Orbit is at odds with itself too much for my personal taste. But I also cannot deny that if you are a fan of this particular genre, MIO is one that should not be overlooked.
MIO: Memories in Orbit is one of the best metroidvanias in recent times. Its unforgettable visuals and superb movement mechanics lead to create a memorable experience. If you like the genre, it's a must-play.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
I had a great deal of fun while being immersed in the striking world within MIO: Memories in Orbit as it is one captivating Metroidvania. 🥶
MIO Memories in Orbit doesn’t try to reinvent the Metroidvania genre. It refines it with confidence, style, and a clear creative vision. If you value atmosphere, exploration, and movement that feels genuinely satisfying, this is absolutely worth your time.
Mio: Memories in Orbit offers a particularly solid experience for those looking for good, high-quality 2D action platformers.
Review in Greek | Read full review
MIO: Memories in Orbit leaves a strong first impression and continues to deliver quality content throughout, despite a few questionable design choices here and there. Some clever level design, a fantastic soundtrack, and a gorgeous art style make the entire experience worthwhile.
Even with all my personal gaming red flags, I really enjoyed playing through the game because it was quite the cinematic experience. People who love this kind of storytelling and gameplay will get even more out of the game than I did.
"An Immersive and Distinctive Metroidvania" MIO: Memories in Orbit delivers a powerful Metroidvania experience built on exploration and precise movement within a stunning visual science fiction world. The environmental narrative and art design are its strongest points, while the combat suffers from limited development and some repetition. Despite this, the game offers an enjoyable adventure that can last for dozens of hours and is geared towards fans of exploration and challenge.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
MIO: Memories in Orbit is a competent Metroidvania that, overall, manages to accomplish almost everything it sets out to do with quality. Even if it stumbles here and there, the game does enough well to captivate us throughout its duration.
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