Press
Every thought of "I'll just give it five more minutes" turned into, "Wait, where did that last hour go?"
- Kate Cox, Kotaku
I can imagine this game opening up under continued exploration to be one of those all-encompassing experiences that you can’t help sinking an unhealthy tract of time into.
- Jim Rossignol, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
A Valley Without Wind might be the place you’re looking for if you need to escape the same dreary titles.
- Rob Manuel, G4TV
A Valley Without Wind is a pure-brew indie game – it’s tonally retro, it’s antagonistic in its determination to be different and challenging in the extreme. It’s a bottomless pit of potential, just waiting for the mind-boggled to stumble their way in.
- Will Porter, Hookshot Inc.
As someone who usually avoids both platform games and action RPGs, the fact that I’ve spend a significant amount of time playing the beta of A Valley Without Wind should speak volumes of its unique blend, and the importance of procedurally generated content for unpredictability. It is a monstrous game with features you usually don’t see combined, but as you ease into the mechanics, A Valley Without Wind delivers a great mixture of platforming, role playing, and strategy.
- James Allen, Out of Eight
This indie title is imbued with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia.
- Dan Crabtree, ars technica
But really, at the heart of what A Valley Without Wind is about, at least for me, is exploration and it does it phenomenally.
- Geoff Gibson, DIYGamer
The thing that struck me first about A Valley Without Wind is that it is absolutely vast. This is a game that you can sink hours and hours into, and still feel as though you’ve only started.
- Amy Nelson, Brutal Gamer
Several times a day they've got new updates, and it's not just one or two things... Half the time I'm even messing with the game, I'm actually reading everything that's changed...and there's so much they're planning to put in, there's so much they're tweaking. It's really interesting to be in at the ground floor.
- Quick Save Podcast
This game has enough promise to fill the entire internet.
- Tom Auxier, Nightmare Mode
The multi-faceted gameplay elements are all somewhat familiar on their own, but the genres have never been blended like they have here.
- Anthony Karge, Try Indie
A Valley Without Wind delivers a very addicting experience which is sure to capture the gaming industry by surprise. It might not be perfect, but it sure as [heck] belongs on some of the best titles to be released this year on PC, consoles or anywhere. It's just that good.
- Smoothtown
When the player asks, “Where do I go?” Games like A Valley Without Wind respond by saying “Anywhere.”
- Max Mallory, GameZombie.tv
Those looking for a challenging scroller...and endless gameplay have found their game.
- Tym Kaywork, Platform Nation
If you like games that will constantly surprise you, games that aren't cookie cutter and hearken back to yesteryear, A Valley Without Wind is your escape.
- Dustin Orgill, Digital Hippos
I've chosen my character. I'm standing in a desolate and destroyed future. The world has been pieced together as best it can, though things just aren't right: strange robots and monsters meld with a decidedly fantasy setting. Retro music swells up with an infectious beat. My first action is to jump. Nostalgic memories come flooding back. It feels so good.
- Jamie Dalzell, Games On Net
AVWW has a surprising amount of tactical depth in its combat... It’s much more involving than simply firing a spell at an enemy, and creates yet another wrinkle to AVWW’s already heavily nuanced gameplay.
A Valley without Wind by Arcen Games is what happens when you try to make a Super Nintendo game today. A super polished limitless 2D metroidVania adventure game.
- Nick Bristow, Thrifty Nerd
The world truly is enormous...It felt like a 2D Skyrim with even more to do.
- Matthew Jay, Snack Bar Games
Crucially, though, A Valley Without Wind is challenging without being punishing. It features what Arcen Games are calling “permadeath but not perma-[doomed].”
- Patrick Lindsey, Beefjack
There is no digging to move forward either. The world is yours to explore and deal with as you wish and it gives you plenty of options on how to achieve your goal
- KingIsaacLinksr
It was really great finding out about this game...because it’s one that defies genre typing, and really is something to see for oneself. You just might be surprised, especially if you’re a huge strategy fan, and that's a good thing.
- Christina Gonzalez, RTSGuru
