Patch Quest
THE GAME
Patch Quest is an amzing Roguevania that, as the name suggests, combines gameplay from the metroidvania and the roguelite genre. This is resembled by the overworld map being fixed, with shortcuts to unlock all around the world (and the world is pretty big, trust me) but the actual things that are on the map are random each time you start a run (monster encounters and terrain, basically). I adore this aspect as it allows for really fun and varied gameplay while still keeping some of the things that make the metroidvania games great. The game also has its roots in The Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon, which is very noticable if you’ve played them before jumping into Patch Quest.
– Real player with 140.0 hrs in game
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9.5/10
Absolute Gem. I picked it up a few day ago and I keep playing it almost every night with my wife. We both love it.
Pros:
- Your ride determines your skills and the fruits are your bullets.
! You can catch up to 5 pets that can let you ride on, or help you in fight.
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It is so easy to pick up as what you have to do is just dodge, shot, occasional catch and use your skills.
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There is a good and simple story.
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The graphic is excellent. The pets and the backpack are so cute.
– Real player with 13.2 hrs in game
Shadow Killer
This game was pretty good. The mechanics worked and the levels were good too. There is a lot to keep track of in the player, dagger, and enemies. Sometimes the dagger would start in a direction that would instantly hit the player and there were some UI issues but I still think the game is pretty good.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
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A Robot Named Fight!
There are a bunch of titles out there that throw around the words “metroidvania”, “roguelike/lite”, and “procedurally generated” while trying to appeal to the people who grew up on SNES, TG-16 and Genesis classics with pixelized 8/16 bit graphics, but so few are able to pull them off and still manage to hold its own identity in the way A Robot Named Fight does.
When first hearing about the game, I was skeptical in the way anyone should be when someone starts throwing around those aforementioned terms as buzz words; especially with how a lot of the Metroidvania style games out there seem to lean much heavier on the “vania” side of the fence. As a big lover of Super Metroid and the almost 16-bit action adventure exploration perfection it brought to the table all of those years ago being a bastion of non-linarity and mechanics driving gameplay, I have long awaited something that would scratch that itch in the same way.
– Real player with 156.8 hrs in game
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A Robot Named Fight is a smooth translation of the 2D-era Metroids into a roguelike format. I’m not really sure why there aren’t more games like it, in fact.
On a world of machines whose gods have long since departed for parts unknown, a catastrophic attack by a moon-sized abomination of meat and teeth has brought robot civilization to its knees. The only hope to defeat the moon and its fleshy minions is, well, a robot quite literally named Fight, who must descend into the forgotten catacombs beneath the surface world and retrieve artifacts of war to have a chance of success.
– Real player with 43.1 hrs in game
Aura of Worlds
I have been playing video games all my life, throughout the 80’s and 90’s the video arcade was my second home.
Playing Aura of World brought back a lot of memories from those times. It is a game that is reminiscent of many games from the golden age of video arcades. Games like Rygar, Black Tiger, Ghosts n Goblins, Wonderboy and others.
This game does not tell an epic saga and it doesn’t have AAA graphics, BUT what it does have is engaging gameplay, great mechanics and features and the sounds, music and effects all combine to make a game that is engaging, fun and easy to get into. Also it does not require a huge investment of time, the Rogue-Like nature of the game means you can play for 10 minutes and put it down, then come back to it later for a slightly different adventure. Play a different way, use different gear, get further and further every time you play.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
I will try to review this game from a Game Developer point of view and from a 40 years old player that has grown up playing arcades and early computer/console games.
GAME DEVELOPER POINT OF VIEW
I develop video games and being part of many communities I have noticed this game and its progress through the time. Its many features and approach to solving the same problem has caught my interest and pushed me to purchase it to investigate more.
I usually don’t develop platform games, actually, they aren’t even my favourite kind of games to play, aside for a few exceptions. However, I work also as a freelancer and there are many potential customers requiring a platform game. To me, this game is a great source of ideas that are well blended together.
– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game
Plague Breaker
Was addicted after 5 minutes. Beat the game on hard with all characters and I don’t normally play these types of games but this was fun attempting to unlock as much as possible. Don’t pass this up if you enjoy rougelike games.
– Real player with 24.1 hrs in game
Plague Breaker is a really cool roguelike game based on games like castlevania. It’s got a cool class system that I enjoyed, item pickups similar to Issac, and level and item randomizations. It’s a pretty fun game and even has co-op. A few of the class choices can be traps that don’t work well if you aren’t paying attention to the items you have or don’t have likely access too based on your difficulty, but as long as you avoid that, most play styles you choose can adapt fairly well.
I requested this game on keymailer because it looked awesome and it was.
– Real player with 22.5 hrs in game
An Amazing Wizard
Gameplay
What do you get when you combine a roguelite with metroidvania? A RogueVania!
Explore procedurally generated levels with over 250 Artifacts, more than 100 Spells and dozens of Magic Weapons to unlock and use. After every death you’ll respawn in one of the four nature-inspired magicial worlds.
Story
A bad Necromancer has placed you in his Magic Realm. Because of that few Magic Hands started to follow you. They are able to cast powerful spells. Find items to make them stronger and free yourself!
Key Features:
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Procedurally generated world - Explore a unique world every time you play.
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5 Nonlinear Levels - Only 5 levels? Yes, but each time you die you’ll respawn in one of the four nature-inspired worlds and face other enemies based on current biome.
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Few Difficulty Levels - Every time you kill the end boss, you’ll gain possibility to change the difficulty level and face stronger foes.
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Many Bosses - After every level you’ll have to face a merciless boss.
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Action RogueVania - This means permanent deaths where you lose every item you’ve found, but there are some permanent upgrades available.
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A lot of Secrets and Mysteries to discover - No spoilers!
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250+ Unique Artifacts - Every artifact has it’s special use. A lot of them change your Basic Spell behaviour or add special abilities. Literally countless combinations.
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100+ Spells - Cast Fire Balls or Tornados, Summon Creatures, Slow Time, Create Gravity Zones and many, many more…
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Dozens of Magic Weapons - Use one of many Magic Weapons to help you survive!
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Dozens of Upgrades - Upgrade your starting items or statistics. Add more elements to the world, increase your chance for finding better items and many more!
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Hours of fun - This one depends on your skill. Something about 30-60 hours or even more.
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Multiple Save slots
Weapon Hacker
I indicated as “received for free” even if I supported the create a while ago!
This game started as a web game then the programmer decided to make it a native application for performance reasons.
So, now it runs smoothly on top of being interesting.
This is a metroidvania that is randomized with a twist: items, rooms, enemies types within the room.
All enemies are recognizable and have specific patterns. That may make it looks easy: it’s not!
As of today, there is 3 distinct area in a run. A run is about 1h when you start to master the game. There is enough variety for replayability. Each area introduce new mechanics.
– Real player with 34.5 hrs in game
I’ve been playing this game since its previous incarnation, “Infinitroid”. It’s improved quite a bit since then as well.
Weapon Hacker is a charming-enough ‘metroidvania’ roguelike. Controls are responsive, the view is clear. Some of the enemies are kinda cute too (until you messily splorch’em), googly eye and all.
You play a bright yellow hazard suit (presumably with some kind of disposable employee or maybe clone in it) that has a gun. As inferred by the title, throughout your runs you find mods, batteries and additional weapon types, and can, in the weapon menu, make presets to swap between them (and eventually combine up to three weapons), freely installing as many mods as your batteries currently allow (these can be shared across all weapons at once, or set to an individual one). They don’t discharge, it’s just “mod space”/capacity.
– Real player with 25.5 hrs in game
CreatorCrate
This game has incredible movement with a super fun momentum based physics system and I absolutely love it. It has been incredibly satisfying to improve at this game and experiment with all the various items and techniques as well as game modes. The base game is not overly difficult so it’s fairly easy to get in to and there are quite a few compelling alternate game modes.
I give this game a huge recommend and I believe it deserves way more attention than what it has gotten. If you are into movement games, roguelites or platformers of any kind creatorcrate highly worth checking out.
– Real player with 16.0 hrs in game
Tons of fun! Its a creative platforming game with a fairly open world to play in with a fun storyline so far!
– Real player with 13.9 hrs in game
Koboo: The Tree Spirit
Recruit a unique combination of Spirit Animals giving you a fresh set of abilities each run and acquire the right upgrades to help you defend against a specific human faction.
Befriend animals, go friendly fishing, take care of plants in the forest to unlock new Spirit Animals and upgrades making every run feel fresh and rewarding you after each run so you don’t have to worry about lost runs.
Koboo can dash to dodge enemy attacks, hit enemies' weak spots for bonus damage, throw sharp leaves during vulnerable moments, and combo aerial attacks to stay in the air longer. Mastering all these skills will make defending the forest a breeze.
Unravels the secrets of the mysterious forest and uncover the warring human factions' plans to industrialize the forest.
Koboo: The Tree Spirit is being made with the help of the community so you can follow its development, be a part of testing the game later during its development and talk to me (Jerome) live on Discord. Thank you to those who have already supported Koboo to help make this game possible! ❤
Relentless: Ranger
Relentless: Ranger is a fantasy side scrolling rogue-lite RPG. Slash, shoot, sneak, die, and repeat as the next strider to brave the impossible mission. Each ranger lives once. Once he dies, you must select another to attempt the quest.
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EXCEPTIONAL SOUL-LIKE COMBAT
Bows, swords, and spells. Use a variety of weapons and magic to overcome your opposition in tough but fair combat. Beware that brainless button mashing will get you nowhere fast. You must also utilize dodges, jumps, and impeccable timing if you hope to survive.
THE TICKING CLOCK
In a land where evil reigns, not only are the odds stacked heavily against you, you must complete the quest in a limited time. With each passing day a ranger spends, the Dark becomes more powerful until the challenge becomes inevitably insurmountable. Will you spend extra time to heal in town? Or will you trudge on to save time and hope you get lucky?
RANGER SUPERPOWERS
Nine disciplines to train from Archery to Beastmastery to Acrobatics. Combined with inherent talents and flaws, each ranger will play differently. Perhaps you will pick a Legolas-like archer of death who can plow through levels through sheer arrow power? Or select one who relies more on stealth and magic? Or another who relies on the aid of forest animals?
SURVIVAL MANAGEMENT
Rescue villagers, find artifacts, or just invest money in the town. You will be rewarded with better weapons, more potions, and beds with less fleas. Help make the town a better place and the mission less unreasonable, if not for you, at least for your successors.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH
Choices matter in addition to the procedural generation of fate. Each ranger will encounter different people and situations during his quest. Depending on your choices, his subsequent path will be altered, taking him to new locations, dangers, and treasures. Although all seek the Seed, no ranger will travel the same path.