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La-Mulana

You play as archaeologist Lemeza Kosugi, searching the ancient ruins of La-Mulana for the Secret Treasure of Life. The sprawling 2D world links together distinct areas filled with monsters, traps, relics, and hidden routes. Exploration and puzzle-solving drive the adventure. Tablets, dialogue, and details in the environment offer clues, which may connect to puzzles elsewhere or become useful much later. You investigate rooms, uncover mechanisms, and use discoveries to open routes and reach new areas. Platforming and combat add physical challenges as you navigate hazards, fight enemies, and face guardians. You collect items and abilities along the way, while the ruins’ open-ended progression encourages revisiting places with new tools or a better understanding of earlier clues.

As archaeologist Lemeza, explore a sprawling ruin, decode scattered clues, fight guardians, and evade traps in a 2D adventure.

Released 15 Apr 2013

80%positive of
2.6k player reviews
$14.99
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Decode Ancient Tablets

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Explore Interconnected Ruins

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Uncover Hidden Passages

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Developed by NIGORO · Published by PLAYISM

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Obscure Puzzle Clues
  2. Stiff Jump Controls
  3. Punishing Knockback
  4. Excessive Backtracking
80%
positive of 2.6k player reviews
80/100
Metacritic

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements 64
Age ratings
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 10 — Violência
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 13 — Kekerasan
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Gewalt
Controller support Xbox
Controller required No
DLC / extras 1 listed on Steam
Metacritic 80/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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