Metroidvania game with 94% positive Steam rating goes free with limited keys in tow – NotebookCheck.net News
Fanatical is giving away Super Panda Adventures as a free Steam key for its 30th Birthday Bash. You can claim yours by Nov 8 or while stocks last, and redeem it by Nov 30. The game has a “Very Positive” rating aggregate on Steam.
Fanatical is giving away Super Panda Adventures for free as a Steam key as part of its 30th Birthday Bash, with a limited pool of keys and a short claim window. The offer is 100% off while stock lasts and is tied to Fanatical’s anniversary promotion rather than a permanent price change.
The giveaway covers one Steam key per Fanatical account and is advertised as a time‑limited promotion during the retailer’s 30th Birthday Bash event with keys available on a first‑come, first‑served basis up to a stated cap of 100,000. The product page is framing the promotion as “completely free, while keys last” and clearly labels it as a Steam platform activation. Fanatical lists three steps: subscribe to its email newsletter, link a valid Steam account that has made a purchase before, then add the game to cart and check out at zero cost. The page also states that the deal is for “new customers only”. Also, there is a key redemption deadline of November 30 at 23:59 UTC, so users should both claim and activate well before that date to avoid lapses.
Super Panda Adventures is a side‑scrolling Metroidvania where you chain sword strikes, thrown shuriken, and simple magic into combos that raise experience and feed light RPG upgrades. Levels are compact but secret‑laden, with quests and ability gates nudging backtracking to uncover hidden routes and pickups. Boss fights can turn into endurance tests that reward pattern recognition and smart skill investment. It was released on July 14, 2014, developed by BlueEagle Productions and published by Paul Schneider. Storefront metadata highlights Steam Trading Cards, partial controller support, Steam Cloud, and single‑player as key features, and the game is marked as unsupported on Steam Deck on the promo page.
Regarding player feedback, Super Panda Adventures has over 930 reviews on Steam – 94% of those are positive. A lot of players say that the game shouldn’t be taken at face value, since it has a lot of depth to it. For reference, it’s listed at $4.99 on Steam right now. Minimum PC specs listed on the promo page are modest: Windows XP/Vista/7/8, a 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, a 256 MB graphics adapter, DirectX 9.0, and about 100 MB of storage.
Because it’s a Steam key, linking a valid Steam account is mandatory, and the page specifies that the linked account must have at least one prior purchase history on Steam before claiming. If located in or traveling through an excluded country, the key may not activate, and community reports indicate that using a VPN is unreliable for bypassing these restrictions. Countries excluded from this deal are as follows:
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- China
- Hong Kong
- India
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- Macedonia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Russia
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
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Fueled by a childhood spent taking apart video game consoles to see how they worked, I turned my passion for tech into writing. I have a double Bachelor’s in Computer Science Engineering (2018) and English (2024). I’ve been writing on a variety of tech topics since 2016, with a particular interest in gaming. When I’m not hunting down the latest tech news, you’ll find me producing music, gaming, or hiking.
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