Inayah: Life after Gods

Impulse GamerBoouya

Inayah: Life after gods is a metroidvania styled action platformer, in which you play the title character Inayah, an orphaned outcast on her journey to find

ShackNewsLucas White

7/10

Another day, another Metroidvania. There sure are a lot of these. Luckily, there’s a reason for that; it’s hard to argue with the rush of satisfaction you get from good ol’ Search Action. Besides fighting strange creatures and filling out a map, Inayah - Life After Gods brings its own ideas to the table. I ran into some gnarly issues along the way, but Inayah’s combat system seeps into the rest of the game in a way that’s interesting, distinct, and challenging. It’s fumbly too, but you can’t have all the nice adjectives sometimes.

CGMagazineJordan Biordi

6.5/10

INAYAH - Life After Gods has an interesting look but lacks the depth needed for challenging combat, and the incentive to explore its world to make for an interesting Metroid-like.

GameLusterMateusz Niewierowski

6/10

A metroidvania that gets going quickly, proving that the genre is ready for more early-game complexity, INAYAH's deep combat systems and story falter while its movement system shines.

Game RantMatt Karoglou

6/10

INAYAH is a phenomenal-looking game with stunning hand-drawn visuals and fluid animations that, when it's firing on all cylinders, feels satisfying and responsive in terms of both its combat and platforming. But underneath those occasional glimpses of brilliance and its aesthetically pleasing presentation lies a game that is ultimately held back by more than a few frustrating design decisions related to its progression economy, ability gating, environmental diversity, map layout, and boss design. Unfortunately, most of these are systemic issues that prevent INAYAH from being something more tha...