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Indie Dev Studio in South Africa making an off-beat roguelite brawler about a metal drummer! 🥁

Metavoidal is OUT NOW 🤘 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2221780/Metavoidal/
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Metavoidal, providing 100% satisfaction* to cursed drummers everywhere!

Picked up the game? Why not leave a review telling us what you think of being damned to play drummers stuck in a death-filled loop in-search of salvation? 📝

If you haven't been completely corrupted by metal, of course

*𝘚𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳
a graphic that says "Thank you for 100% positive reviews" with a little octo head and a flaming skull drawings on opposing corners of the image
August 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Spotify sends out music to be discovered on a Monday, and apparently so do we 🤘

Metavoidal’s OST is now available on Steam! 📀

⚠️𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥

Check out the bundle here shorturl.at/L0Qky
August 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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📢 It’s official!

Metavoidal is Steam Deck verified ✅

The game not only plays like a dream on a controller, you can now take it with you wherever you'd want to battle The Band™️

It's also the closest thing you’re gonna get to a Switch port for the time being 😀
An image of a person sitting on snow, their back turned to us, wearing an orange high vis suit and fluffy ear muffs. They're holding a Steam Deck in their hands with the menu displaying Metavoidal on the screen. In the background is the research base in Antarctica with the South African Flag on the side.
August 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Despite our attempts to turn the game off and on again, we’ve had to resort to actually fixing bugs and tweaking quality of life things in the game 🐞

So here it is, our very first set of patch notes! 🗒️✏️
A patch note image with the text: ALL PLATFORMS * Fixed missing prompts on 16:10 aspect ratio screens for the intro comic * Fixed crashes related to holy projectiles * Fixed Slugger achievement activating early * Fixed the weird Baroqtopus attack issues * Tweaked game performance * Miscellaneous gameplay tweaks * Small changes to tutorial text about throwing * Fix the support for widescreen resolutions XBOX EXCLUSIVE * Re-enabled button remapping (Back by popular demand!)
August 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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It’s finally time to become a Stick Flick Fiend! Analogue stick, that is 🎮

METAVOIDAL is now available on @xbox.com! 🤘 Tap into the power of metal, take down The Band, and become the ultimate drummer 🥁

Or die trying! 😈
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The best thing to come out of Gamescom '23 apart from all the friends we made

Lame, but true 🥹
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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This is one of the best memories 🥹 it's so cool to see the art still out there in the world
August 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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THE PIT IS FINALLY OPEN! 🤘😤🤘Metavoidal is now available on Steam & Epic! 🔥

Tell your friends, tell your favourite band's drummer, tell your mom

It's time to take on The Band 🎸

store.steampowered.com/app/2221780/Metavoidal/
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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👋 Hello from the Popular & Upcoming list!

We're so darn thankful for the 11 thousand of you who've wishlisted the game. We quite literally wouldn't be here without your support 💛
A screenshot of the Popular & upcoming steam list where Metavoidal sits pretty at number 2
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Sometimes, that's just how the drumstick splinters 😞

It's with deep sadness that we have to announce that METAVOIDAL on Xbox is delayed until next week

We're incredibly sorry to the players who're excited to jam on day 1, but there was no way around it 😔

The PC release is on track, though! 🤘
An illustration of a drummer standing with drumsticks in-hand, with a neon-looking xbox sign behind them. A banner saying DELAYED is slapped across the image and has a date (13th of August) crossed out with a new date underneath (20th)
August 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Bucket list item: Have our game played in Antarctica - Done✅

Literally the coolest thing to happen. Pun very much intended ❄️

ONLY 2 MORE DAYS UNTIL METAVOIDAL RELEASES! 🤘

oh, and it's playable on the @steamdeck.com. There's that, too 💁
A person sitting with their back to the camera on snow in a red thermal outfit, there's a research station with a South African Flag on the side in front of them. The person is holding a steam deck with Metavoidal on the screen. A person sitting with their back to the camera on snow in a red thermal outfit, there are a bunch of jagged rocks sticking out of the ground with snow on them. The person is holding a steam deck with Metavoidal on the screen. A person sitting with their back to the camera on snow in a red thermal outfit, there's a research station with a South African Flag on the side in front of them. The person is holding a steam deck with Metavoidal on the screen. They're also wearing cute earmuffs with little faces on them A person standing in profile in a red thermal outfit surrounded by snow, there's nothing but white and a random glove on the floor behind them. The person is holding a steam deck with Metavoidal on the screen.
August 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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7 days until launch, so you know what that means... GIVEAWAY TIME!

Stand a chance of winning a Steam copy of Metavoidal by simply
❤️ & 🔁 this post
💬 with your favourite metal band

Enter as many times as you like, but no duplicate answers!
📆Competition ends on Monday (11th)

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN!
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Ever seen a metal drummer roguelite? Well, now you have!🥁

Metavoidal is hitting the stage for its debut performance on the 13th of August. Wishlist it now to secure your front row ticket to the chaos 🔥

🎫 store.steampowered.com/app/2221780/Metavoidal/

#metal #indiegame
July 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Sometimes it feels like our devs are just out to get the rest of the team with their ideas of fun :')

A reverse flashbang enemy? In an enclosed boss room? Absolutely Diabolical 😩 I'm fighting for my life

#indiegame #roguelite
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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📢CALLING ALL CONTENT CREATORS 📢 &
🤘 METAL LOVERS🤘

Are you looking for your next roguelite?🤺

Embrace metal mayhem in Metavoidal! Hack ’n’ slash your way through problematic fans while listening to a soundtrack influenced by your choices in power 📀

Please Tag & Share!🔁
Form is in the 🧵
#indiegame
July 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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THIS TIME NEXT MONTH WE WILL OFFICIALLY HAVE A LAUNCHED GAME! 🤘😤🤘

Please wishlist it if you haven't already! store.steampowered.com/app/2221780/...

#Indiegame
Image with text logo on top saying "Metavoidal World Tour 2025", below that is more text that reads "One month before launch". And there's a nice little horn-looking winged accessory image around the previous text that culminates at the bottom into a point with a little white skull between the two curvey bits. And there's a pink heart!
July 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Rest here, weary traveller 😌

I think we’re all due for a timeline cleanse right about now. So, sit back & enjoy a tour through some levels while listening to a surprisingly lofi backtrack from a metal game

#indiegame
July 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🥁 Calling all metal heads, roguelite fans and disgruntled drummers! 🥁

Get out your favourite band shirt, pad those elbows, and start practicing your pit moves. Metavoidal will be thrashing its way onto Steam & Xbox on the 13th of August 🤘

Wishlist it here 👉 t.co/Tjnzok7aBt
July 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Me, every single day I log on 😞

The closer we get to release, the itchier my trigger finger gets 😩

#Indiegame
A three panel meme where it says LIE DOWN, with a corresponding image of a man in the fetal position. Then TRY NOT TO RELEASE METAVOIDAL, showing the man in the previous panel having rolled over to his other side. And finally, last panel, CRY A LOT, with a zoomed in picture of the man's face crying.
June 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Busy prepping for launch, and going through all the graphics that we have in the archive when I stumbled upon this relic!

Can you believe that just under 3 years ago we were celebrating 100 downloads on Itch, and now we're on 8 THOUSAND wishlists? 🐕

We really did that! 😭 👏 Thank you 💛
digital art of a postcard that has pink goo stuck to the corners, and a pentagram in the stamp area. The text says "Thank you for OVER 100 downloads & your continued support!" with a few hearts around it. And "With love from the Metavoidal Team!" on the opposite area to the first text.
June 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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If you've been struck by enthusiastically donated drumsticks, you might be eligible for compensation 🤵💰

#indiegame #drummer
June 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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🍔 & 🍻 on Table ⛰️? Burgers & beers on Table Mountain 🤝

We signed off today with a little group hang on Discord, and confused half the team with the concept of Gartic Phone. We synced on the only prompt that matters 😂

See you guys on Monday 💛
June 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The scariest thing about this Friday the 13th? 📆

The fact that we're almost halfway through June already, and basically halfway through the year, as well 💀😓

#Fridaythe13th
Digital art of a desk calendar that is open on Friday 13. There's a purple tentacle slithering its way through the wedge that the calendar uses to stand up right, and the tentacle has blood dripping from the curled tip in an ominous way. There's also two drum sticks in the foreground because this is based on our game, after all
June 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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To bring a real sense of 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 to Metavoidal, we’ve progressively downsize a voidling's space over the course of 3 years without compromising their way of life 🍸 🏖️

Now players are left to speculate why the pool is so small. And what ever happened to the other ducks? 🦆

#indiegame #pixelart
Screenshot of our game where you can see a pool of water with a little dude floating on a round floaty with a drink in their hand, surrounded by rubber ducks. The drummer protagonist looks on at this scene from the edge A screenshot from our game, but now the pool of water is a fraction of what it was. Two ducks remain. The drummer looks on from inside a protective bubble on the shore. The scene is rather sad
June 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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It costs $0.00 to support a damned drummer 🥁
Screenshot that features pixel art grass & hay bails around a water fountain against the back wall of the room. The game's protagonist is standing in the middle with their drumsticks at the ready, and there's a trail of blood leading from the bottom of the image, under the drummer, to the fountain A fight scene where the drummer is using their sticks to hit enemies. Things are also on fire Screenshot of another landscape but this time there's a tombstone with a pink-bubble-leafed tree growing from it. The drummer is surrounded by candles, and there's a music case in front of them with notes strewn around and on top of it Another purple/pink landscape but this time it shows the drummer standing before enemies, there's some kind of flesh trap before them. There are candles at the edge of the scene with a closed guitar case in the shadows
June 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM