CICADAMATA”

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Genre: Action, Indie · Developer: ✿ flowergarden · Release: Aug 21, 2026.

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CICADAMATA drops you into a first-person world called CASCADE as a recruit codenamed CICADA, one of a group repurposed as fast, disposable operatives under something called the INITIATION SEVEN protocol. It blends platforming, shooting, and speedrunning into one movement-heavy package, and the whole thing is wrapped in a moody, fragmented narrative voice that treats you less like a hero and more like a tool that got handed a second life. If you’ve ever wanted a shooter that cares as much about how fast you cross a room as how cleanly you clear it, this is aimed squarely at you.

How it plays

The loop centers on a traversal tool called MATA, which you use to move through levels with speed and precision rather than just walking room to room fighting. Layered on top is a mechanic called ZONE TIME, which seems to slow or reshape the pace of a level so you can chain movement and combat together more efficiently. You play as FAWN-A2, and your job across each level is to identify threats and take them down, with the game leaving room for either a clean, efficient approach or a messier one depending on how you want to play. There are more than fifteen levels spread across six distinct areas called spheres, each framed as its own self-contained incursion. On top of the levels themselves, there’s a clearance and timing structure that tracks how quickly and effectively you get through a level, and the game lets you stack that performance up against other CICADAS, which suggests a scoring or leaderboard layer sitting on top of the core runs.

Who it’s for

This is a game for players who like their shooters fast and their platforming demanding, the crowd that gets excited about optimizing a route through a level as much as clearing it. If you enjoy games built around chaining movement tech, shaving seconds off a run, and replaying levels to get better at them rather than just finish them once, the loop here sounds like a good fit. The narrative framing, all fractured transmissions and cryptic callsigns, will also appeal to people who like a story told in mood and implication rather than cutscenes and exposition dumps. On the other hand, if you want a slower, more grounded shooter, or you find twitchy first-person movement and time-pressure scoring stressful rather than fun, this probably isn’t your lane. It also doesn’t sound like a game built around a long, plot-heavy campaign, so anyone hoping for a traditional story-first experience should look elsewhere.

Is it worth it?

For the player this is built for, someone who wants a tight, replayable action-platformer with a speedrunning backbone, this looks like a solid pickup. Fifteen-plus levels across six spheres with a scoring and comparison system attached gives you a reason to go back into levels you’ve already cleared, which stretches the value well past a single playthrough. It’s an indie release from a small, distinctive-sounding studio rather than a big-budget production, so go in expecting a focused, personality-driven experience rather than a sprawling one. Games like this, built around mastery and replay value instead of a one-and-done campaign, tend to be exactly the kind of thing worth grabbing when it’s discounted, since the actual playtime you get out of chasing better runs can far outweigh what you’d expect from the base scope.

Quick facts

Genre: Action, Indie. Developer: flowergarden. Publisher: flowergarden. Platform: PC (Steam). Release date: August 21, 2026.