Castaway Reviews

Charming but [b]EXTREMELY[/b] short action adventure obviously paying homage to Link's Awakening. But for your price of admission you only get a 20 minute campaign with 3 very short dungeons and a survival mode.

This is exactly like the game you think it is, and it's a great "clone." I really enjoyed it and think it's a cute little hidden gem that Zelda fans must play. It runs flawlessly on Steam Deck (and should be verified!). The main story itself only takes 20 minutes (pretty crazy; it's smaller than a demo, and content should definitely be added—there's so much good here that I'd buy a full-length game). However, the combat challenges and achievements are quite tricky to master. I'm actually unable to complete them, as the difficulty spike is too high. There are probably five hours of gameplay here for a very good player, potentially more if you're a completionist and not very skilled at the combat. Recommended!

Cute game, largely inspired by Link's Awakening. The campaign is fun, but it is way too short. The rogue-ish, end game Tower is fine, but doesn't replace the need for more to do. There's only so many times you can dodge spikes, deflect bullets and kill mech-spiders, before you have to accept there isn't more game here. Please give us more, Canari Games?