Huge replayability, every run differs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Infinite possibilities. I'm nearly 150 hours in and I feel like I've only scratched the surface of what's possible in this game.”
Steam review · 118.8 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%Nicalis, Inc., Edmund McMillen2014Action Roguelike · Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler
The verdict
A brutally hard, endlessly replayable roguelike with a huge pool of items and characters. Skip it if you dislike RNG-driven runs, vague item info or crude, dark humor.
Great for
Roguelike fans who want hundreds of hours of varied, challenging runs and item synergies
Main risk
Heavy RNG and unexplained items make runs feel unfair; multiplayer and update bugs can ruin sessions
What changed in the last 30 days
163 recent reviews
Several recent reviews report broken Steam Deck controls after the multiplayer update, launch failures with DLC, and Mac crashes. Moderately confident, as these are a small number of reviews.
163 recent reviews
What players love
Enormous amount of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The amount of content is genuinely staggering.”
Steam review · 76.9 h played ↗
Addictive 'one more run' loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“it has a great gameplay loop feels fun to play and I can spend hours on this game and feel like no time has passed”
Steam review · 346.9 h played ↗
Rewarding challenge and item synergies
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“the lows make the highs feel even higher”
Steam review · 57.3 h played ↗
Workshop mods and DLC expand the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“PLUS workshop characters and items and quality of life stuff makes this game endless fun”
Steam review · 2343 h played ↗
Great value, especially on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“with the current sale the value is unreal”
Steam review · 256.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Heavy RNG makes runs feel unfair
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“your items make or break your run skill isnt really a factor.”
Steam review · 49.2 h played ↗
Updates and DLC broke the game or saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Recent update completely broke the game because of course it did.”
Steam review · 220.5 h played ↗
Items and mechanics poorly explained
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The most popular mod for this game is just to tell you what the items do.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Multiplayer desyncs and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Runs with 40 to 50 min investment dont even end on death they end on desync.”
Steam review · 409.8 h played ↗
Unlocks require grind and DLC purchases
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“You are practically forced to suffer through Hard Mode if you actually want the good unlockables.”
Steam review · 26.3 h played ↗
Clunky controls and four-way aiming
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“The 4-way aiming scheme is way more restrictive than interesting”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support449 MB
Minimum
OSXP
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsDiscreet video card
Storage449 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
Processor2.4 GHz Quad Core 2.0 (or higher)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000 and higher, ATI Radeon HD-Series 4650 and higher, Nvidia GeForce 2xx-Series and up
Storage449 MB available space
OSXP
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsDiscreet video card
Storage449 MB available space
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