Infernax

You'll probably like Infernax if (but not only if!): You want an excellent modern take on Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest.

Fantastic retro style metroidvania. Loved the dark setting and the overtly black and white moral "choices" when encountering demonic forces. Holding out hope for a sequel.

What a neat game.

I finished the basic game, got the Game Wizard password for jetpack, looking for more quests and characters.

Definitely worth a try at least once. Unlock all the endings, try out different characters. Deux or Die update is the clincher for me to eventually buy this game, and I definitely wasn't disappointed. If you like Castlevania series (especially if you like Portrait of Ruins), I bet you'll like this game!

really good mvania, some odd choices from dev, like jump only having one height (no hop on fast press). also the graphics can sometimes just feel...not 8-bit...it's hard to describe but you notice it. felt like art was drawn in something else and pixelated as an afterthought. i felt this way about the mountains in the background and many of the humanoid mid-sized monsters. still really really good mvania, i'd put it in my top 10 no question, and i have yet to even try co-op which looks badass.

This game is difficult in the worst way.

The enemies including bosses are all easy.

The primary way this game is difficult is by wasting your time and testing your patience.

Do you have the patience to put up with repeating the work of slogging through screens of boring enemies after a little slip and falling into an instant death pit? I don’t.

I have too many games on my backlog to put up with this crap.

The rest of the game isn’t worth dealing with the deliberate time wasting aspects

Greatest metroidvania of all time having this in your steam library and also actually playing it is peak aura

I've seen it compared mostly to Castlevania 2, and I can see that, but I think it's more like Legend of Zelda 2. Either way, awesome game.

Very good coop 2 player game, highly recommend :)

A great successor to Simon's Quest, with minor problems that do not heavily impact the game. Recommended for anyone who has a fondness for sidescrollers.

This is a solid blend of Castlevania 2 and Zelda 2, with modern fixes and updates.

AMAZING GAME!
Get it now. you won't be disappointed.
Awesome gameplay, good enemy AI. More than enough jump scares and choices to make.

This game starts a little slow, but if you like Metroidvania games, the first couple of hours are worth grinding though because it is one of the absolute best offerings of the genre.

10/10

Please don't fall for the same trick i fell into, this is not FAXANADU, it is more CASTLEVANIA 2, and while that is not a bad thing, i really jumped on it because a few souls claimed it has a Faxanady vibe, and it doesn't. It simply has the same concept in the story but other than that, it is a pure castlevania game.
Anw, stellar game, great visuals, a ton of extras, the contra homage is amazing, many endings, choices that matters and best of all, it is just fun and challenging.
Highly recommended but again, this is NO FAXANADU.

good

Great game, reminds me of Astalon.

Possibly one of the best love letters to retro games out there.

Para los nostalgicos de juegos antiguos de rol este es un must. Es un juego de rol simplificado, nada de cosas muy complejas, lo cual se agradece, pero lleno de detalles en la jugabilidad. No es muy desafiante, pero lo justo para entretener y pasartelo, en algo asi de 10/12 hs si exploras todo el mapa

The game follows a bit of Zelda II: Adventure of Link gameplay with RPG elements spending XP to level up your stats. It also has "choose your own adventure" moments where you can change the shape of the story and how things play out for you. Graphics also remind me of the early Shining Force series. So far I'm really liking this game.

Not much to dislike about this game. Really solid 2d side scroller with great visuals, fun tunes, and plenty of replayability.
Highly recommend coop. Its such a good way to go as Im playing with my sister having a hellova time

very gooood

Castlevania but with more religion
also Contra is there too

Satan kinda hot

muito bom

The good old game in retro-style.

Great!

This dev really took the Castlevania 2 day/night switches and said "Yeah, those were sick". Brave man. Good game.

Эта игра поменяла кто я

Where is Infernax 2: slaughterhouse babies from elm st. 2099 ?!?!?!?!

Punishing difficulty its "Nintendo hard" meaning like the old nes carts we played back in the late 80s and early 90s.
Has a vibe that mixes simon's quest and faxanadu with metroidvania save points and actual quests. Music and vibes feel very much a fusion of the 2 mentioned games which big parts of my childhood and still some of my favorites to this day. Im pretty bad at games as a old man in his 40s now so I prob wont complete it but this is still a very good game for what it sets out to do. Well recommended if you are a fan of the above mentioned.

Very tightly-designed retro-style game without the frustrations of the era. Highly recommend it for split screen.

A love letter to retro gaming as polished as Shovel Knight that you can even play with a friend in local co-op!

This game is so mindblowingly good, I don't even know how to express what I feel about it without looking like an exaggerating fanboy. I played through the whole thing with a big smile on my face that never wore off!

Every time I felt like I'd finally seen all of the surprising things this game had in store, BAM! another epic event / NPC interaction / gameplay mechanic suddenly appeared on my screen. Simply unbelievable. The attention to detail is amazing!

This is a metroidvania with tangible decisions at multiple key points of the journey that will result in both short-term and long-term consequences for the rest of your run and it's been crafted meticulously well! After completing 1 run, you will find yourself wanting to play again for the same reason that compelled you to do so in things like Skyrim or Mass Effect!

I'd also like to thank all the players that made negative reviews for this game due solely to skill issues - they're the only reason this game doesn't have extremely positive reviews, which in turn made me approach the game with tempered expectations only to get blown away after realizing how good it actually is!

Overall, 10/10 game in my book, definitely recommended. 💯💯💯

A fantastic game! It's challenging but I found it was doable, and I don't consider myself a very good gamer by any means. I really enjoyed the art too. The most enjoyable part was the length. A single playthrough isn't very long, encouraging multiple playthroughs with different paths.

i am enjoying this game so much. It does such a great job of capturing the feel of Castlevania and improving on the shortcomings of Simon's Quest. The pixel art is great and the tone of humor is very fun.

very hard very rewarding

really really good old style arpg game, multiple endings and a lot of secrets

Really fun Metroidvania game! Highly recommend.

Unsure if I would recommand Epic game and yet frustrating enough to stop playing
(personal review ofcourse)

Total ☆☆☆☆ But I quit playing this game so maybe ☆☆☆

Art
- ☆☆☆☆
- Old retro pixel art style with some epic cutscenes
Music
- ☆☆☆☆
- pretty epic and catchy but not something I could sing out of the game
Level Design
- ☆☆☆⋆
- Level Design is pretty good a 4 but then you have:
- weird places that if you jump a little earlier you die in one hit
- the water castle and the wheels that almost made me quit twice
- not a lot of feeling that you could explore back in the map and so remember some upgrade you forgot to take, making it harder to play the game sessions by sessions.
Mechanics
- ☆☆☆⋆
- pretty simple but yet pretty easy to mess it up
Mood
- ☆☆☆☆
- really loved the general mood of bad and evil but then you can part up with cultist and so on.
- the night and day ambiance with new monster and all is fun
- Love going around and investigating a little of what is going on
- also some really fun/ silly interactions

Oh my castlevania

hell yeah

Playing Infernax was the most fun I've ever had playing a metroidvania (one of my favourite genres). It is a Zelda-like Metroidvania with a relatively short campaign, but unbelievable replayability. There is a moral system with multiple different endings, access to different spells and alternate characters you can play as that give the game a completely different feel. They have also added local co-op (and the option to play 2 characters solo). There are several unlockable cheats, may of which are for fun and flavor. The game also has a great difficulty curve. It is never too difficult, but definitely puts up a challenge. And by endgame, when you figure out all the mechanics, it feels amazing to conquer the game. I cannot recommend a game any higher than this. I absolutely loved it.

10/10

A cozy little Soulsvania, complete with body horror, satisfying backtracking, and surprisingly delicate combat. It's nice to see a combat platformer with a nicely constrained scope now and then!

It is one of the coolest throwbacks to the original Castlevania games I have ever played. The only thing I haven't tried is playing it in coop, and honestly, I have a hard time imagining what might be good about playing such a game in coop. But everything else is just perfect. All those little in-game references that are instantly recognizeable for long time Castlevania series fans. Visually stunning pixel art. Authentic yet modernized old-school gameplay, retro sounds, and music. All Castlevania fans should pick this one up, especially those who played the original on NES.  

Having more fun with this game than anything AAA

Good

great coop fun with adjustable difficulty. nes style of hints and difficulty

Score: 8/10

• Visuals: The game features a well-executed retro visual style, perfectly fitting its dark and gritty theme.
  
• Music: The soundtrack is acceptable.
  
• Gameplay: Entertaining and engaging. It starts off challenging, but after leveling up character stats and acquiring some spells, it becomes more manageable.
  
• Multiple endings: The game features several endings based on the player’s morality, encouraging replayability. Depending on the chosen path, new bosses, weapons, and spells become available, adding variety for those who enjoy playing through multiple times.
  
• Side quests: The game offers a solid variety of side quests, adding depth and extra content to explore.
  
• Character variety: There is a wide range of characters to unlock, but most are only available after achieving different types of endings, limiting accessibility in earlier playthroughs.
  
• Boss variety: There is a good selection of bosses, but most are fairly simple with limited attack patterns. Some bosses are repeated multiple times with different skins, which also applies to mob enemies.
  
• True final dungeon: While it provides a climactic challenge, it is overly long and reuses bosses, sometimes pitting two of the same type against the player simultaneously.
  
• Fast travel: The lack of fast travel early in the game is a drawback. Forgetting an important item, like a key in an earlier dungeon, can result in significant backtracking. Fast travel becomes available after defeating the first three mandatory bosses, but only if the player finds it in a shop, which can be missed.
  
[*]Accessibility options: The game includes excellent accessibility settings, both for making the gameplay easier and for assisting players with diferent needs.