CICADAMATA FAQ

CICADAMATA (officially stylized CICADAMATA") is a fast-paced first-person platformer / movement shooter by solo studio flowergarden, released on Steam on August 21, 2026. You play a CICADA deployed into CASCADE, clearing 15+ freeform levels across 6 spheres while chasing score ranks and leaderboard times.

One word: CICADAMATA, and the official name ends with a quotation mark (CICADAMATA"). "Cicada mata", "cicadamataq", "cicdamata" and "cicadamada" are common misspellings of the same game. It has nothing to do with real cicadas or cicada emergence years.

No. As of August 2026 CICADAMATA is Windows PC only, on Steam. It ships with full controller support (DualShock and DualSense are both listed on the store page), but no console version has been announced.

The full game costs $9.99 USD (10% launch discount at release). A free demo, the retro-styled "Demo Disc", shipped on February 23, 2026 as its own Steam app. See our demo & download guide for details.

Yes — CICADACORD" (the quote mark is part of the name, like the game itself), the CICADAMATA Discord server with roughly 435 members, is linked from the official speedrun.com leaderboard at discord.gg/gXmEdkZhZ7. It launched after the demo period — a February 2026 Steam forum thread predates it. Discussion also lives on the Steam forums and r/CICADAMATA on Reddit.

flowergarden posts on X/Twitter as @onaeire and uploads trailers to the official YouTube channel @flwrgrdn. Patch notes are published on the Steam news hub.

As of August 27, 2026 there is no standalone OST release on Steam or Bandcamp. Some tracks can be heard in the official trailers on the @flwrgrdn YouTube channel; if a soundtrack DLC ships later we will link it here.

A first clear of the 19 main levels (6 spheres plus the intro) is a short, replay-focused campaign — Steam's global achievement stats show 26% of players finish Sphere 6, and the real depth is in DMND clearance ranks, Sphere Rush and speedrunning afterwards.

The developer has not named the engine publicly; requirements are light — minimum spec is an Intel Core i3 with a GTX 1050 2GB, DirectX 12 / Vulkan 1.0 support and 1 GB of storage. See our system requirements page.

No. CICADAMATA is a single-player game with no store, no currency and no promo-code system, so any site listing "CICADAMATA codes" is padding. Progression is entirely skill-based.