Aka
December 15, 2022
Find inner peace in a small, open-world game. On these carefully handcrafted islands, you can take a nap on a giant monster, feed baby dragons, take care of the fauna and flora...but demons from your past might come back to remind you what you want to forget. GARDENING The farming …
Critic Score
64.2
16 critic reviews
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Critic Reviews (16)
Graphics
80.0
Gameplay
30.0
Story
25.0
"Cuteness is about all Aka has going for it."
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45.0
Gameplay
55.0
Story
50.0
"Aka is a game with a great idea at its core. The promise of a peaceful, directionless experience can be something that greatly attracts a certain type of player, who will definitely find the game worth the time. However, Aka …"
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60.0
Gameplay
55.0
Story
80.0
"Aka is a big disappointment for me, because I was actually really loving what I was able to play of the game until it essentially broke. It’s far more than just a casual slice of life sim, especially if you …"
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70.0
Gameplay
58.0
Story
72.0
"Aka bolsters charming visuals, an emotional storyline, an adorable red panda protagonist, and chirpy sounds, but the gameplay drags the experience down."
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45.0
Gameplay
50.0
Story
50.0
"Aka is a game with a generally sound concept and a laudable goal of a relaxed life sim, but quite a few issues come up along the way."
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35.0
Gameplay
25.0
Story
45.0
"Unfortunately, playing the game offers too little of an incentive for how challenging it is to control your red panda friend. While it may be true that a good deed is its own reward, such a proverb doesn&s;t lend itself …"
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68.0
Gameplay
72.0
Story
74.0
"A strange mix of fuzzy charm, farming sim, and an aim to help people permeate this unusual adventure"
Read original review"Aka is an easy game to be charmed by, with an endearing world and uplifting messages. However, the routine crafting systems and frequent minor bugs lead to an experience that feels more like work than play."
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65.0
Gameplay
70.0
Story
60.0
"Overall, Aka is a solid attempt at the life sims genre, with it truly hitting the mark of being casual and cozy rather than being like the others within the same genre that are more-so grindy time and resource management …"
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65.0
Gameplay
68.0
Story
62.0
"Aka seems like the kind of game that, while not perfect right now, could become a great game after a few major updates. I&s;d be happy to see something like that happen, because it&s;s by no means worthy of contempt."
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70.0
Gameplay
30.0
Story
40.0
"Aka clearly has its heart in the right place, but it doesn&s;t have anything that goes a little deeper or that asks anything of its players, and without that it just feels like a cut-rate version of Animal Crossing."
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68.0
Gameplay
62.0
Story
73.0
"In Aka, you get to be a cute hero in a pretty landscape, taking naps and strolling through trees. So dreamy! It&s;s just a shame the game has launched with this many bugs. The frequent stalling of progression and basic …"
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60.0
Gameplay
80.0
Story
40.0
"Aka is cute, smart, clever, and sad. It’s beautiful and a kid-friendly introduction to loss. Players can choose their own adventure here; there is no pressure to get anything done in this game. You can do as you like and …"
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72.0
Gameplay
48.0
Story
62.0
"Despite being eye-catching with its amazing art direction, Aka doesn&s;t manage to captivate the player and it feels more like a mix of not-deep-enough gameplay mechanics."
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70.0
Gameplay
90.0
Story
85.0
"Aka is a thrilling yet simple game that will have you asking yourself about the choices you have made in life, and if they may have impacted others without you realizing it. Though there isn&s;t a great deal of challenging …"
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88.0
Gameplay
72.0
Story
78.0
"The game depicts the veteran soldier&s;s mental rehabilitation process with well decorated watercolor arts and cute characters. Even without too many mandatory quest lines, it fluently delivers the entire story of the main character and others. However, disastrously uncomfortable UI/UX …"
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