Hazelnut Bastille

unreleased

Developer / Publisher: Aloft Studio

Coming soon

Visual

pixel
top down

Structure

ability gated
exploration
interconnected map
item gated
Has Overworld
Semi-Linear

Combat

action

Themes

fantasy

Sub-Genre

puzzle heavy
RPG
Metroidvania Lite
Zelda-like

Summary

Hazelnut Bastille is a topdown, Zelda-like ARPG, crafted in a 16bit character; it features action-adventure style gameplay. Players will engage with heavily tactical, real-time combat, and experience taxing lateral-thinking puzzles!

Last updated August 17, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam
- Demo
Nintendo
- Switch

Resources

Other

IGDB

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- RPG
- top down
- Metroidvania Lite
- Zelda-like
- Differences
- non linear
- side scroll
- leveling
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Very Positive

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- item gated
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- action
- fantasy
- puzzle heavy
- RPG
- top down
- Zelda-like
- Differences
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- discrete levels
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- exploration
- interconnected map
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- action
- fantasy
- RPG
- Semi-Linear
- Metroidvania Lite
- Differences
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- equipment
- gore
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Publisher: PlayEveryWare

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74%

Mostly Positive

190 reviews

MV Temperature
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- exploration
- pixel
- Has Overworld
- fantasy
- puzzle heavy
- RPG
- Zelda-like
- Differences
- non linear
- 8-Bit
- side scroll
- boss gated
- equipment
- leveling
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Developer: Nintendo

Publisher: Nintendo, Playtronic

1987

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- pixel
- Has Overworld
- fantasy
- RPG
- top down
- Semi-Linear
- Zelda-like
- Differences
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- side scroll
- boss gated
- equipment
- leveling
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- proto-Metroidvania
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- pixel
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- fantasy
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- RPG
- Semi-Linear
- Metroidvania Lite
- Differences
- side scroll
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- exploration
- item gated
- pixel
- Has Overworld
- action
- fantasy
- puzzle heavy
- RPG
- Semi-Linear
- Differences
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- boss gated
- stamina system
- discrete levels
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Publisher: Cape Cosmic, Flyhigh Works

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83%

Very Positive

2,873 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- pixel
- Has Overworld
- action
- puzzle heavy
- RPG
- Semi-Linear
- Differences
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- side scroll
- stamina system
- accessibility
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- equipment
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78%

Mostly Positive

79 reviews

MV Temperature
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- Demo Available
- ability gated
- exploration
- pixel
- Has Overworld
- fantasy
- RPG
- Zelda-like
- Differences
- Early Access
- non linear
- side scroll
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- equipment
- gore
- leveling
- medieval
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98%

Overwhelmingly Positive

2,100 reviews

MV Temperature
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- Demo Available
- ability gated
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- pixel
- action
- top down
- Semi-Linear
- Zelda-like
- Differences
- boss gated
- equipment
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77%

Mostly Positive

367 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- Has Overworld
- top down
- Semi-Linear
- Zelda-like
- Differences
- 2.5D
- hand drawn
- side scroll
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Developer / Publisher: hOSHI

2018

83%

Positive

24 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- pixel
- fantasy
- Metroidvania Lite
- Zelda-like
- Differences
- non linear
- side scroll
- no combat

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