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Eagle Island Twist

Eagle Island is a roguelite action-platformer with falconry-inspired combat. Soar into an original story-driven adventure, fighting through procedurally generated levels and challenging boss fights. Includes free TWIST content, with new characters and handcrafted, retro-themed minigames.

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Developer
Pixelnicks
Publisher
Retroware
Release
July 10, 2019
7 years and 25 days ago
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Mostly Positive230 reviews78.7%

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About the Game

The award-winning Eagle Island is a roguelite action-platformer that offers a unique blend of falconry-inspired combat mechanics, procedurally generated levels, and challenging boss fights. Players can choose between the narrative-driven story or speed-runner-like rogue mode, mixing and matching 85 abilities to diversify their gameplay.

OVER 85 ABILITIES & PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED LEVELS IN CLASSIC MODE

"Throw" your owl companion into battle imbued with special abilities! Explore procedurally-generated worlds, set to a beautifully modernized pixel art aesthetic. Levels are also packed with secrets and areas to explore.

EXPLORE MORE IN HANDCRAFTED TWIST MODE

In Eagle Island TWIST, you'll experience 45 carefully crafted, retro-themed stages that can be traversed on a 16-bit era world map. TWIST offers even more content to an already well-rounded game, providing a range of mini-games to supplement Classic Mode's roguelite feel.

LOADED WITH ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES

There are over 18 accessibility settings that can be easily enabled--Such as: remappable controls, difficulty options, text visibility, high contrast, and toggles for flashing and screen shaking.

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