Kingdom of Arcadia

Developer: Ratalaika Games, Spoonbox Studio

Publisher: Eastasiasoft

Apr 13, 2021

Visual

pixel
side scroll

Structure

exploration
item gated
Has Hub
discrete levels
linear

Combat

action

Features

equipment
leveling

Themes

fantasy

Sub-Genre

RPG
MV Lite / Adjacent

Summary

Kingdom of Arcadia is a metroidvania spanning five levels, each with multiple missions to undertake. Sam will encounter a wide variety of enemies, huge bosses and other obstacles in pixelated retro presentation. Fortunately, he can level up and buy new gear from shops to aid in the daunting adventure that lies ahead!

Last updated August 08, 2026

Where to play

Nintendo
- Switch
PlayStation
- PS5
- PS4
Xbox
- Series X|S
- One

Resources

Links

Website

Other

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- Differences
- proto-MV
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- Differences
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- equipment
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Very Positive

556 reviews

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- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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- action
- fantasy
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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Positive

12 reviews

MV Temperature
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- pixel
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- action
- leveling
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- discrete levels
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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Publisher: GoGo Games Interactive

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74%

Mostly Positive

42 reviews

MV Temperature
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- exploration
- item gated
- pixel
- side scroll
- action
- fantasy
- RPG
- discrete levels
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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- boss gated
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- puzzle heavy
- Semi-Linear
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Publisher: Freedom Games

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85%

Very Positive

596 reviews

MV Temperature
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- fantasy
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- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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MV Temperature
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- item gated
- pixel
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- Has Hub
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- discrete levels
- Differences
- ability gated
- Semi-Linear
- proto-MV
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93%

Very Positive

7,461 reviews

MV Temperature
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- exploration
- item gated
- pixel
- side scroll
- action
- equipment
- fantasy
- leveling
- RPG
- discrete levels
- Differences
- ability gated
- interconnected map
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- New Game+
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MV Temperature
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- side scroll
- action
- equipment
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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- Ranged Combat
- two stick
- Sci-Fi

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