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vanripper · 2024 · Windows

Steam: 96 % positive of 20,050 reviews, as of Oct 28

Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

24 games that play like Awaria and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Helltaker, Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion and Poppy Playtime.

Player tags

  • Cute
  • Bullet Hell
  • Free to Play
  • LGBTQ+
  • Action
  • 2D
  • Female Protagonist
  • Indie
Map region: Psychological Horror
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Steam reviews

What players say

Players overwhelmingly praise the charming art, music and yuri characters, but the punishing difficulty on Normal and especially Hard mode divides opinion.

Many players enjoy the fast, chaotic bullet-hell loop of repairing generators while dodging enemies and hazards, along with the distinctive art style, soundtrack and ghost girl characters. Several describe the gameplay as more demanding than Vanripper's earlier Helltaker, with quick restarts that keep them trying again. Some complain about a sharp difficulty spike in the later stages, especially the last levels and the final boss, and some find random projectiles and hard-to-see hazards unfair. A few mention controls and resource interaction being awkward. Recent reviews are more mixed on difficulty, with several players finding the late levels punishing, while the older helpful reviews focus more on the overall charm.

Praised

  • Art, music and characters

    Players single out the distinctive visual style, the memorable soundtrack and the ghost girl characters as charming and well designed.

    Many players
  • Fast, satisfying gameplay

    The quick bullet-hell loop of repairing generators while dodging is described as fun, addictive and rewarding once a level is beaten.

    Many players
  • Free and short

    Reviewers stress that the game costs nothing and can be finished in a few hours, which makes it easy to recommend.

    Many players
  • Rewarding difficulty

    Players who push through the hard levels describe a strong sense of accomplishment and value the challenge when it feels fair.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Harsh difficulty spikes

    Players say the difficulty jumps sharply in later levels, especially near the end, making the game feel punishing rather than challenging.

    Many players
  • Cluttered, hard-to-read hazards

    Players find that projectiles are hard to see, and that dangerous objects blend into similar colours, so deaths feel unavoidable.

    Some players
  • Random, repetitive gameplay

    Players feel the loop becomes repetitive over time and leans on random spam and luck rather than skill in the hardest stages.

    Some players
  • Clumsy controls and resources

    Reviewers criticise interaction design, such as needing extra button presses to take resources and difficulty remapping controls.

    A few players
Who it suits
Players who enjoy hard bullet-hell challenges, quick retries and charming art, and who want a free game with yuri characters.
Who should skip it
Players who dislike bullet hells or punishing difficulty, or who expect a relaxed puzzle game like Helltaker.

Short vs. long playtime: Players who have spent many hours often focus on Hard mode completion and grinding achievements, while newcomers mostly praise the charm and short length.

Summarised by AI from 80 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

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At a glance

What games like Awaria have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Awaria: Horror (17 of 24), Psychological Horror (16) and Female Protagonist (7).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2025, 2 of them after Awaria (2024).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Sorry We're Closed (97 % positive of 1,680).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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