
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
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Play as Alex, a kid who’s itching to explore the nearby ruins while everyone else is busy attending a lecture about… rocks?! As a mysterious voice calls you into action, unraveling the secrets of The Ruby Chest becomes the only way to go back home.

Set out across a world filled with tricky puzzles, mischievous enemies, and retro handheld vibes! Leave no stone unturned (or better yet, unbroken) as you earn new abilities, discover hidden passages, and vandalize a priceless landmark in search of donuts and broccoli. Yep, that’s what kids did when they got lost before cellphones were invented.
Explore over 5 different regions filled with puzzles and bosses
Find new equipment to gain game-changing combat abilities and earn access to new areas
Enjoy vibrant visuals and catchy chiptune music, true to Game Boy Color palette and sound limitations
Collect stickers! Because everything is better with stickers
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The best microvania ever made. There's little to say because this is an almost completely flawless video game. Quality is on par with games Pipistrello and the cursed yo-yo and Shovel Knight. If you're a fan of sidescrolling platformers and/or you once owned a gameboy, this video game is a must buy. If you are using a steam deck for playing this, you are advised to make some adjustments to both the in game settings as well as the performance settings on the steam deck for the perfect experience. See protonDB for instructions (might take a few days before the instructions are published).
An absolutely delightful mini metroidvania in the style of a gameboy color game. Got all the hallmarks of the genre in a compact bite-sized package. A perfect example that you don't need dozens of hours of gameplay to create a full experience. Didn't encounter any bugs or issues, the controls are basic but functional and the bosses are varied enough given the inherit limitations of the chosen graphics and gameplay style. Can definitly see this becoming a franchise. It's also cheep. Strong recomendation if you like the genre. Got some tricky hidden treasures and upgrades, including one that's hidden behind a move the game never really outright tells you that you can do (there is some in game hints). Nothing is missable, in the achievements, there is a "bad" ending and a true ending but you can start again from just before the final boss fight if you have more to do for the true ending.
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Languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
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Cute, short, not too difficult metroidvania (with exception to the last annoying boss(es)). Get it on fanatical or cheap during a steam sale.
第六十六款通关的类银,无中文的小甜品,轻微平台跳跃,轻微解谜,轻微战斗,蓄力不可改变方向,平台只可上不可下,后期有探索补足道具且提示方式挺有趣味的,整体难度不高。 see you in the next adventure~
Nowadays, it's believed that a game, in order to be good, needs to be big. Raider kid proves that it's not true. It's a round, short, fun game, It kept me motivated to discover the secrets of the map and the skills gathered through the gameplay were well thought and fun. It's a great game. I really enjoyed playing it.
a cute metroidvania! a light game. not taking much time to 100%. You will need to be clever and vigilantly looking for secrets in order to complete the story. The boss fights imo are not that fun. As with these kinds of games you have to do a specific thing and being good at dodging their attacks to last long enough. But overall a good game. You can adjust the difficulty by how much damage you take or deal, even to 0. this let me 100% the game with no issue.
An incredibly fun game and absolutely recommend it. The movement feels great and the exploration is very rewarding. It is quite well paced, and even though it was a short game, it felt right as it never overstayed it's welcome. Figuring out how to solve the cryptic used in the game was also really fun. Would absolutely play a sequel.
cara jogasso da peste, nossa nao fica devendo em nada
I great little Metroidvania game. Cute graphic, old-school style, which I really like. Enjoyed every minute of it. Would play another game by the same developer if the opportunity should arise.
Годная метроха на вечерок. Без проблем выбил все ачивки и прошёл игру на 100%.
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