
Review score
8
Positive reviews
127
Negative reviews
11
Action,Adventure,Indie
"Soar over Purgatory and reap all the foes." From solo developer Maddison Baek, Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer, with gameplay inspired by spectacle fighters, and a world designed to look and feel like a living prog-rock album cover. Test your skill with it's vast, stylistic, expressive combat options! Act...
"Soar over Purgatory and reap all the foes." From solo developer Maddison Baek, Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer, with gameplay inspired by spectacle fighters, and a world designed to look and feel like a living prog-rock album cover. Test your skill with it's vast, stylistic, expressive combat options! Act 1 out of all three acts is freely available as a demo. The save file is transferable to the main game. Combat Freedom : Begin with a fully unlocked melee system. Learn at your own pace as you master expressive, stylistic combos and unique playstyles. Perfect Positioning : Juggle and pogo enemies, while utilizing environmental hazards for efficient crowd control and maximum lethality. Risky Maneuvers : This game encourages an aggressive approach. Keep moving, weaving in ranged skills and healing bombs to mitigate damage taken. Spectacle Fighter : Earn style points and aim for the prestigious Triple S rank by slaying enemies swiftly and creatively. Difficulty Options : Choose from 5 escalating difficulties transforming stage layouts and enemy compositions to push yourself to the limit. Personalized Playstyle : Experiment with the flexible Necklace system to further cater to differing combat preferences. Dangerous Denizens : A volatile and diverse roster of horrific enemies and bosses ensures fresh and challenging gameplay throughout. Exploration : Features large, intricate, surrealist arenas with fluid movement tools for traversing challenging terrain. Soundtrack : A highly varied OST blending prog-rock/metal with jazz, disco, and orchestral influences to compliment the intense action and surrealist environments. You play as Gretel , a reaper in this twisted purgatory, exiled for 200 years. After being freed from her sarcophagus by a wandering soul named Archibald - Gretel seeks purpose in her afterlife - guiding Archibald back to the sanctuary she was long ago exiled from. This journey will be along a perilous path, fraught with all manner of grotesque demons starving for souls.