The Madness of Little Emma
Released Dec 2015
The Madness of Little Emma is a difficult action platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring over 250 items with insane synergies, varied enemies, and numerous secrets and mysteries to discover.
80% positive · 145 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $8.99
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Evaluation
The Madness of Little Emma launched on December 21, 2015 and received a series of substantial post-launch updates through 2016 and into 2017. Six major content releases were identified: patch 1.2.14 (February 14, 2016), patch 1.3 (March 15, 2016), patch 1.4 (April 14, 2016), patch 1.5 (May 15, 2016), patch 1.6 (June 19, 2016), patch 1.7 with a new character and Arena mode (October 31, 2016), and the Halloween update (October 29, 2017). The developer noted in June 2016 that they had started working on a new project and that future updates would be "smaller in scope," but still continued to ship new content through late 2017. The Halloween update on October 29, 2017 was the last developer communication of any kind — no posts, patches, announcements, or bug fixes have appeared since that date. The store description describes a fully-featured game with five episodes, five playable characters, 25 bosses, and over 250 items — consistent with a completed product. No unreleased DLC is listed, no roadmap or future content has been announced, and the developer made no statements about ongoing plans after October 2017. The game appears to have concluded its content development with the Halloween 2017 update.
Evidence
Halloween update shipped with new monster types, new rooms, and bug fixes. This is the last developer communication on record.
Patch 1.7 shipped with a new playable character (Chloe), a new Arena mini-game mode, 9 new items, and 2 new monster types.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Bartosz Bojarowski
Achievements
121
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Emma was living alone with her younger brother until one day he has disappeared in eerie circumstances. Help Emma find her brother and learn what has happened.
Gameplay
The Madness of Little Emma is a randomly generated action platformer with heavy Rogue-like elements. In her journey Emma will discover tons of varied items and encounter multitudes of unique enemies.
Key Features:
Gameplay
The Madness of Little Emma is a randomly generated action platformer with heavy Rogue-like elements. In her journey Emma will discover tons of varied items and encounter multitudes of unique enemies.
Key Features:
- Over 100 hours of challenging gameplay
- Over 250 items
- 5 playable characters - each with completely different playstyle
- Almost a hundred unique enemy types
- 25 bosses
- Five episodes and multiple hidden areas
- Persistent Steam leaderboard
- A curious story
- 6 cutscenes (intro + 5 endings)
- XB360 Controller support
- Top-quality pixel art
- Cinematic music
- Lots of Achievements and unlockables
- Tons of Secrets
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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