Dandara
Rating Summary
Based on 27 critic reviews
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Game Information
Publisher: Raw Fury
Genres: Action, Platformer
Welcome to a unique 2D metroidvania platformer, full of mystical creatures and boundless exploration. Defy gravity as you jump across floors, walls, and ceilings alike. Discover the mysteries and secrets hidden throughout the world of Salt and its diverse array of characters. Empower Dandara for combat and survival against enemies bent on oppression.
Awaken, Dandara, to bring freedom and balance to this directionless world.
INNOVATIVE CONTROLS
Built natively for both touch screen and gamepad input, movement and combat interact smoothly and seamlessly.
BOUNDLESS EXPERIENCE
Traverse across the esoteric world of Salt through fast and fluid jumps off any surface, unhindered by gravity, in lovingly-crafted environments.
CHALLENGING PROGRESSION
Use a combination of speed, skill, wits and reflexes to solve puzzles, earn power-ups, and access areas previously unreachable.
BEAUTIFUL AND IMMERSIVE WORLD
A visual and auditory wonderland comes to life through gorgeous hand-crafted pixel art and original soundtrack compositions.
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View All (27 total)PC Gamer
A prickly 2D Metroidvania with a curious twist, Dandara admirably finds something new to do with the genre, but it's tough work to get onboard.
GameSpot
The sense of mastery never quite comes, resulting in a game that flashes its potential in one scene only to undermine that thrill soon afterward. Even with its occasional stumbles, though, Dandara offers enough excitement and beauty to push you onward.
Destructoid
Dandara has a firm foundation, but suffers from inherent design flaws and a lack of direction. Despite its imperfections, I mostly enjoyed my time with it. It treads a lot of familiar ground with its gameplay mechanics, but those were the portions of the game I found myself having the most fun with.
TheSixthAxis
Dandara is a beautiful game with a fresh movement mechanic, but it doesn't come together as well as I had hoped. Leaping across platforms is satisfying when it works, but aggravating when it doesn't, and even when the leaping does what you want it to do, you'll find annoying backtracking or bizarre navigation puzzles to overcome. There are some great moments in Dandara, but the headaches you have to deal with to get to them aren't always worth it.