One Way Heroics

Worth buying? What 289 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 289 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%2014

$3.49

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A cheap, addictive turn-based roguelite where you flee a creeping darkness, with surprising depth and many endings. Skip it if time pressure, clunky UI or repetitive runs bother you.

Great for

Roguelike and retro JRPG fans who like short runs, secrets and multiple endings on a tiny budget

Main risk

The constant darkness pressure and clunky UI can feel punishing, shallow or repetitive

What players love

Highly replayable with classes and perks

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“addicting replayability, many different endings, lots of classes, unlockables, etc.”
Steam review · 83.9 h played ↗

“The desire to keep playing is also boosted by several different classes and abilities you unlock after your character dies.”
Steam review · translated · 11.4 h played ↗

Incredible value for the price

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“An [i]astonishingly[/i] deep game, considering it's dirt cheap.”
Steam review · 78.2 h played ↗

“I got over 70 hours of gameplay for just $5 when it and the DLC were on sale, an incredible deal for the content it offers.”
Steam review · 76.8 h played ↗

“On sales this bundle costs about 65 rubles, which is a ridiculously small amount for such a great game!”
Steam review · translated · 22.4 h played ↗

Deep systems, secrets and many endings

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“This game has a lot of depth and attention to details, two things i consider essential aspects of a good roguelike”
Steam review · 68.1 h played ↗

“Game has surprising depth with niche little mechanics such as cooking meat with fire skills and outrunning enemies by climbing over mountains.”
Steam review · 59.4 h played ↗

“what truly sets the game apart is its multiple secret endings.”
Steam review · 50.7 h played ↗

Unique chasing-darkness mechanic

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The game has a unique mechanic where darkness proceeds from left to right, devouring the land, forcing you to constantly flee.”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗

“The result is a game that turns every step into a meaningful choice.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗

Charming music, pixel art and story

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Music is what changes this from simple roguelike into captivating magical journey.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗

“I think the best part of the game is its music.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗

Quick, addictive sessions

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“One Way Heroics is like potato chips: you eat one, and you can't help but go for another.”
Steam review · 104 h played ↗

“Great game to kill a little bit of time. Quick runs that are easy to jump in and out of.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive, shallow and bland

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Despite the world-generation system, the game is extremely monotonous.”
Steam review · translated · 4.6 h played ↗

“there is simply not enough variety or plot to keep it interesting in the long term.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

“I'm just not sure if I should keep playing a game that was so shallow that its main quest could be beaten on ANY seed.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗

Darkness pressure kills exploration

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The mist keeping the same minimum distance, no matter how strong you get, simply ruined any kind of exploration fun.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗

“Darkness killed the game for me, it instantly punishes any exploration posibilities of a proper RPG game.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“you can't really even go in any of the buildings or dungeons because you would get stuck and die.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

Unfair difficulty, no tutorial

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“the game is quite punishing to new players with no tutorial.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“There are some worlds where you run into mountains which serve as dead ends. It makes the game unfair.”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗

Clunky UI, controls and tiny resolution

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“The only resolution is 640x480, text is tiny and barely intelligible, there's no mouse support and you can't even rebind your movement keys”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“The UI is terrible and requires you to navigate vast quantities of terrible menus using the keyboard or a controller since there's no mouse support.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

Crashes and save bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Trying to save crashes the game. Lost all progress!”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

“it has a bug which leads to the game not being able to save anymore. Meaning every bit of meta progress you make is lost”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗

“This buggy mess has not been able to run for more then two minutes without crashing, DO NOT BUY.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Base game feels incomplete; DLC needed

Mentioned in ~1 in 28 negative reviews

“Without the expansion (One Way Heroics Plus, $6.49), this game is borderline unplayable.”
Steam review · 70 h played ↗

“the devs will intentionally charge you for a game with problems and then charge you again to fix it.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11

ProcessorPentium III 1.0 GHz or better

Memory256 MB RAM

Graphics800x600 resolution or higher

Storage300 MB available space

OSWindows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11

ProcessorPentium III 1.0 GHz or better

Memory256 MB RAM

Graphics800x600 resolution or higher

Storage300 MB available space

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