Loot River
Transform the world
Set in a series of procedurally generated labyrinths, Loot River is a dungeon crawling action roguelike that combines tense, real-time combat and dark fantasy settings with spatial block-shifting.
Defeat bestial abominations
Armed with the power of the Relic, players can shift the ground beneath them, sliding floating ruins together in a series of tile puzzles. As players venture through these endless catacombs, they’ll encounter beasts, lost travelers, and bosses. These cosmic grottos offer a wealth of new weapons and gear to discover, as well as unholy knowledge to unearth for permanent upgrades.
Game Features
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Slide ruins of an old dungeon to defeat your foes
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Forge your path through ancient abandoned fortress
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Meet horrifying beast from alternate realities, as well as other wandering nomads
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Wake up in a parallel universe after each death - navigate through thousands of unique, yet familiar dungeons
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Defeat enemies your way - unlock many different abilities, items and weapons, each with unique look, animations, powers, and style
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Gain knowledge and experience, level up, and defeat powerful bosses
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Immerse yourself in a beautiful, hand drawn, pixel art with fluid animations, real time 3D shadows, and astonishing water simulation
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HTD
This game offers a unique, almost puzzle-like aspect of combat that is simple yet effective. There is a very steep learning curve, but once you have crested that hill, the game becomes incredibly addictive and rewarding. While the combat itself is very simple, the bosses present new and unique challenges such that no two fights will play out the same; each one requires you to adapt. While the replay value may be limited, there are plenty of secrets and extras to be found. Overall, this game is incredibly difficult yet incredibly rewarding, so if those games are up your alley like myself, you will greatly enjoy this game.
– Real player with 19.5 hrs in game
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Good game, replay value is a bit meh
The game offers some interesting gameplay: standard rpg team but in a fast paced boss fight format. I have played this game for 4 hours, and i enjoyed all of it. However the game doesn’t have much more to offer me i believe. As of writing this i have beaten 14 bosses, with 2 unlocked after the big bad guy. I don’t know where the presumably last boss is as i can’t reread the story. So now i have to replay the game again.
Is it a fun game? Yes. Is it worth the 10 Euro’s i spend on? maybe.
– Real player with 10.7 hrs in game
DEMON’S TILT
The Developer has proved that the impossible can be achieved; to actually refine an already perfect game and make it even better with every subsequent update. Pinball goes back decades and the game that Demon’s Tilt is based on is actually around almost thirty years old. The Pc Engine hosted some amazing shooters (including it’s almost arcade perfect version of R-Type), Gunhed and the aforementioned Devil Crash, which was the best occult themed pinball game ever created and nothing could ever come close UNTIL Demon’s Tilt emerged nearly three decades on the heels of Devil Crash. Three decades is a very long time to wait for a worthy successor and surprisingly, nobody tried to replicate or improve on Devil Crash until now…first enter the developer of Demon’s Tilt and later the publisher who came on board and the game went from being pretty special to nigh-on-perfect with scaling, rotation, tons of large hand drawn sprites, shmup elements and the occult. Wow, this is like winning the lottery and every time you play this utterly stunning pinball game you are constantly rewarded with more discoveries and higher scores. The table is good stretching up three screens high and the mood is dark but when things liven up it does get hectic and very colourful. The music is straight out of a Megadrive/Genesis but the core game remains true to the Devil Crash formula. Occult pinball just got better and gets better with every update, the developer has to be seriously applauded for making the impossible happen, can you get better than perfect? He has proved that you can with a resounding YES. Every update of Demon’s Tilt either tweaks or adds something new. And we haven’t even left EA yet. For the price, you get the best pinball on Steam and for your time, you get happy memories created in seriously wanting to beat your high score again and again. Going retro with Occult Pinball with hints of Saturn, Neo Geo, and Playstation thrown in. The epitome of the perfect video pinball game 100/100 and it just keeps on getting better.
– Real player with 31.1 hrs in game
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DEMON’S TILT
DEMON’S TILT is a retro-stylized pinball on a huge 3 sections table. I’ve played with Xbox controller and I believe it’s much more comfortable than keyboard for this game.
I can say only positive things about DEMON’S TILT:
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Gameplay is very addictive and the game is a great fun for short playsessions
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Cool music/sound effects
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Game looks really good + there’s plenty of settings to adjust visuals/colours
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I’m not super impressed by bosses in a current state, but the whole table in general is absolutely awesome.
– Real player with 22.6 hrs in game
Fighting Moore
This is a fairly straight forward combat game, at least at first. You have 5 attacks – a hammer, a meteor, a spinning wheel which quickly moves you across the map and two spells you fire from a bow. The best part of the attack system is being able to pick what attack to use quickly.
There are around 10 enemies you face (though I still haven’t seen some from the trailer), some spell casters, some healers, some warriors. The same strategy of attacking, dodging, and attacking is pretty consistent versus most of them but things get more complex once you hit chapter 3. You often face 5-6 enemies at a time but there is a bullet time mechanic to help out.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
This game is wonderful! Mechanics wise it’s wonderful! It’s smooth, but it took me a min to figure out how to properly cast. I spent the first few tries just wandering around. I will play to complete all chapters now.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Dark Chess
Disclaimer: The Game is currently in the Alpha Stage of development and many features are expected to be added before official release.
THE GAME
Dark Chess is a game of chess full of magic, traps and enemy army concealed by the Fog of War. Reworked and enhanced game rules will bring immense joy to die-hard chess-lovers and casual players alike. Fight your way to the top of the ladder among other players, compete with your friends or challenge the artificial intelligence. Take the crown and become the Champion.
IT’S FAST
As a Dark Chess warrior you will have to act fast, take chances and make split second decisions.
With limited time per move, each game is a dynamic, ‘bite size’ battle and your wins bring a lot of excitement.
IT’S DARK
‘The Fog of War’ conceals opposing armies. Enemy units become visible in proximity of one square around friendly units or within a striking move. Only the first unit under direct threat is shown. This adds a great amount of unpredictability and a scouting aspect to the game. Makes it exceptionally tactical.
IT’S SOCIAL
Invite your Friends to play with you. Share your glorious Victories and noble Defeats. Climb to the top together.
IT’S DIVERSE
Dark Chess features various game modes such as Player vs Player, Player vs Artificial Intelligence, Tournaments along with Rankings, Ratings and Scoreboards.
Challenges, Events and Character Customization will keep you engaged and satisfied with your achievements.
BANNERMEN
Disclaimer: I recommend you to buy this game, but as of launch month, do your research before you commit. It may or may not be up to your standards.
Pros:
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Classic RTS formula. We seriously need more of this out there.
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Key hero unit, and creeping/leveling mechanics add to the usual “by the numbers + rock papper scissors” game.
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Very good basic mechanics. The UI and controls do everything they need to, and everything in the game is crisp and responsive.
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Cool setting, and awesome unit designs derived from the setting.
– Real player with 75.5 hrs in game
I wanted to like this game. I REALLY wanted to like this game. I played in some of the earlier Alpha tests and I saw it had some great potential once they fix some of the rough edges. The only rough edge they seemed to have fixed is that now there is a matchmaking system. The rest of it still feels like an alpha build and they’re charging $30 for it.
PROS:
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Decent graphics
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Unique ideas
CONS:
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Average 6:00 queue time and it’s still new.
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THERE IS NO CHAT. None. Anywhere. Pass the long queue times by chatting with other players? Not in this game, buddy. Want to ask how your opponent does their build? Too bad, maybe you can find them in Discord. Want to “GG” and not rage-quit? RAGE QUIT ONLY IN THIS GAME.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game
Project Warlock
Love letter to the oldschool
Project Warlock is an arcade shooter developed by Buckshot Software as a nostalgia-driven tribute to times when a story in FPS games rolled as a panel at the end of the chapter. While John Carmack’s infamous quote “story in a game, is like a story in a porn movie” has been challenged countless times since the 90s, it does capture the essence of the shooters from that time. Meticulous, maze-like levels, armoury’s worth of guns and secrets behind a fake wall – gameplay was everything. A simple credo Project Warlock at large adheres to, while also adding few ideas of its own. By all means, it is a modern retelling of the classics, rather than an attempt at copying one, and it shows.
– Real player with 17.3 hrs in game
Okay, I would love nothing more than to give this game a positive review, because with such a cheap asking price and so many good qualities, I can understand why it has decent reviews. But difficulty aside, this game is riddled with glitches. Which is sad, because so much holds back what otherwise would be a solid game.
So, lets start with the good aspects:
The music, atmosphere, level themes, and graphics are amazing.
The price is insanely cheap.
You can tell a lot of love went into making this game.
– Real player with 11.1 hrs in game
The Demon Rush: Legends Corrupt
The Demon Rush: Legends Corrupt is an action RPG with fast-paced combat requiring use of strong offensive and defensive mechanics across multiple modes (Story Mode, Endless Dungeon, Onslaught, Conquest, Heist). Fight your enemies up close, use buffs/debuffs/status ailments to gain an advantage or place effects like tornados, fire, water, death forests, black holes and more onto the battlefield.
The Mittu star system enjoyed a long period of prosperity, and was watched over by three powerful beings who shared their unique skillsets and technologies across three worlds for millenia. From out of nowhere, a Demon Army of immense power appeared suddenly and began invading these planets, slaughtering countless innocents and causing fear and paranoia in the godlike rulers of each world. On the planet of Altair, the first spacecraft in Mittu’s history has been constructed, with the hopes that its crew can find something in the Mittu star system to end the war against the Demon Army.
Zeal
This game is for sure an amalgamation of previous concepts and ideas, that in my opinion, were improved upon by this dev team. The commitment they have to their game and community is insane, and easily gained my respect, with daily patches and responding to the community every step of the way. The combat in this game is my favorite, with my PvP background being that of a 2k MMR Warlock player back in Burning Crusade, and almost 100 hours of platinum tier Battlerite experience. Simply put, this game is easily comparable to any other arena style, like WoW or Battlerite, but isn’t so easily labeled a copy or parody, it is a seperate identity with different core mechanics.
– Real player with 317.8 hrs in game
I have now been playing for 10+ hours which isnt must. But this game is super fun. If u like PVP arena just like in world of warcraft this is a game for you. I like arena wow and this is even funnier. Balance isnt that much off tbh. i am 2k+ rated in both 2v2 and 1v1. I know this is new game with very few players. But i see alot of ‘‘newbies’’ to the game that lose 2 in a row vs same class and rage quit cause '' omg so op '' but they just havent figured out the game yet. I am 1400 + on arena wow which is super low rated. but i cant climb cause i suck and tbh i feel like the ‘‘newbies’’ in wow arena just like the new ones feel in here. take your time and find a main class u find funny. do some bot games and then do some pvp rating. it’s a pre-alpha demo which has nice potentional. The graphics are decent, u can contact the developers on discord with a somewhat nice community. The animations isnt perfect but it isnt like u wanna cut your throat. They are such a small team and what they have done here is a fun, competitive game with lots of fun combinations with classses and builds u can do. If u need any help u can find me ingame or on discord. IF i am not online u can always ask the nice community for help. I recommend this game alot because it’s only pre-alpha and it’s free. Why hate on a free game :)
– Real player with 239.3 hrs in game
Gachi run: Running of the slaves
This game is simply a masterpiece. What at first looks like a copy of jungle run turns into a dedicated quest to complete the game. Not even for the sake of achievements, but just for the game’s flow itself. The flamboyancy of the slaves(characters) and the endless fun one can get from playing this game is rather impressive for such a short game. And it’s like 50c. What’s there to lose??? Pick it up already
– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
My name is Van, I’m an artist. I’m a performance artist. I’m hired for people to fulfil their… fantasies. Their deep, dark fantasies. I was gonna be a movie star, with modelling and acting. After a hundred or two auditions and small parts, I decided I had enough. Then I got into escort work. The clientele requested a lot of… fetishes. So I just decided to go full master and change my entire house into a dungeon, dungeon master, with a full dungeon in my house, and its going really well.
Fisting is 300 bucks. Usually the guy gets high on pop, to really get relaxed, and I have this long latex glove that goes all the way up to my armpit. Then I put on a surgical latex glove up to my wrist. Just lube it up. It’s a long process to get your whole arm up there. But its an intense feeling for the other person, I think for myself too. You go to places that even though it’s physical with your hand, for some reason it’s also more emotional. It’s more psychological too. We both reach the same place, it’s really strange at the same time. And I found with a session like that it’s really exhausting.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game