Alice Escaped! (v1.1.3)

A fractured Wonderland becomes the setting for a brisk 2D action adventure built around secrets, shifting loyalties, and anime-styled spectacle. Usada and Kotora are stranded among living grimoires and distorted takes on familiar fairy-tale figures, pursuing the elusive Alice while searching for a way home. Alice Escaped! keeps its colorful presentation from becoming too comfortable: Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty, and the unsettling rabbit Usamura all carry enough ambiguity to make every encounter feel suspicious. The mood balances playful character art with a stranger, more ominous mystery beneath the storybook surface.

Combat revolves around swapping between the two heroines on the fly. Usada fights up close with a massive hammer, delivering heavy melee blows, while Kotora covers distance with a submachine gun and bombs, giving players room to control enemy positions and pressure bosses safely. Linking their attacks builds combo power, and defeated enemies fill a Chance Gauge used for assist moves and powerful finishing techniques. Exploration follows the familiar Metroidvania rhythm of pushing into connected areas, collecting skill crystals, opening up character upgrades, and returning stronger when a difficult route or boss blocks progress; upgrades can improve weapons, mobility, attributes, and even social abilities that influence how others respond.

The strongest draw is the combination of fast tag-team combat and a narrative designed to loop, branch, and reveal different truths through major decisions. Multiple endings give the adventure more value than a straightforward one-run platformer, especially for players who enjoy revisiting scenes with new context. Its hand-drawn character illustrations and compact two-character system make it feel closer to a focused anime action title than an oversized open-world RPG. Fans of Castlevania-style exploration who want a lighter, more character-driven alternative with combo-heavy combat should find plenty to enjoy, while the two difficulty options make it approachable for newcomers as well as players seeking tougher fights.