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Runs on: Windows

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2025 · Extremely OK Games · Action-adventure · Adventure

Earthblade

You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer from the creators of Celeste. Earthblade's lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart.

Released: 22 January 2025
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action-adventure Adventure Indie Platformer Role-playing
Developers: Extremely OK Games
Publishers: Extremely OK Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: Canada
Languages: English, English (UK)

About

Earthblade was a Metroidvania platform video game in development by Extremely OK Games. It was intended to be an exploration-action and platformer video game, featuring an art style similar to the studio's previous game, Celeste. Its development began in 2019 and was first publicly announced in 2021. The game's footage was showcased at The Game Awards 2022, which was positively received by reviewers.

The game was initially set to be released in 2023, though the game was re-scheduled for 2024 instead at The Game Awards 2022. In January 2025, the studio announced that the game had been canceled, citing the dispute over intellectual property rights of Celeste and struggles with development as some of the reasons.

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Gameplay

Earthblade was developed as a two-dimensional exploration-action platformer featuring pixel art-styled graphics. Its genre and art style were similar to the developer's previous game, Celeste (2018). The open world game also subscribed to the adventure, especially the Metroidvania subgenre, and fantasy genres. The player was supposed to control the character Névoa, who had recently returned to a ruined Earth, as they explore the world, dash between platforms, climb terrain, and fight enemies.

Development

Earthblade was in development by the indie studio Extremely OK Games. The game was present on Steam and was set to be released for Windows platforms. The development began in 2019, though it was first publicly announced in April 2021, when the studio also released fragments of its soundtrack composed by Lena Raine. The game's logo was designed by Pedro Medeiros.

"When we started working again, we had this urge to run as far away from Celeste as possible", developer Maddy Thorson said. The studio later agreed to include elements of Celeste.

Reception

Chris Moyse of Destructoid praised the game's music and looks, as seen in the game's footage at The Game Awards 2022. Shubhankar Parijat of GamingBolt also praised the game's looks in the trailer.