Grime pushes the metroidvania toward the grotesque, with a fascinating organic bestiary and a parry that absorbs foes. Its twisting level design and nightmarish aesthetic set it apart. Original and visceral, despite a few spikes in difficulty.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player12+
Description
A creature born from a black hole explores an organic world and absorbs its enemies. Published by Akupara, released worldwide in 2022. A counter that sucks in foes to earn skill points, parrying at the heart of combat, interconnected exploration and an oppressive mineral world.
Grime review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
A sculptural biomechanical nightmare: creatures of fused stone and flesh, twisted organic landscapes and a strange mineral palette. This dreamlike body-horror aesthetic, at once repugnant and fascinating, gives the metroidvania a radical, unforgettable visual identity.
A mineral, absorbing Metroidvania, Grime makes every boss a fascinating creature of stone and flesh. Its absorption system turns parrying into swallowing: time the moment right to gulp an attack and counter, and the duel sings. These surreal colossi, half sculpture, half nightmare, impose a tense, heady face-off.
