Charming retro art, music and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It would have been right at home on the SNES in the 90s golden age of 16 bit RPGs”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Secrets of Grindea
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Pixel Ferrets2024Action RPG · JRPG · Adventure
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A charming, content-rich SNES-style action RPG with flexible builds, co-op and a roguelike mode, but late-game bullet-hell bosses, timing puzzles and grind sour many. Skip it if you dislike those.
Great for
Fans of Secret of Mana and Zelda who enjoy build tinkering, loot and card grinding, and co-op with friends
Main risk
Late-game bullet-hell bosses, timing puzzles and mandatory grind for the true ending can turn it into a slog
What players love
Flexible builds and easy respec
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Extremely generous respec system to try out whatever builds you want on the fly.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Excellent Co-Op experience.”
Steam review · 88 h played ↗
Addictive loot and card grinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Card collecting. Nothing made me happier than seeing a card pop out of an enemy,had me instantly hooked.”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗
Great boss fights and challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The hard mode boss fights are some of the best balanced I've seen.”
Steam review · 76.9 h played ↗
Roguelike Arcade mode adds replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The Arcade mode had me sticking around for way longer than I planned to.”
Steam review · 217.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Late-game bullet-hell bosses and HP sponges
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game turns into a bullet hell. I do not like bullet hell, that's why I'm playing an ARPG.”
Steam review · 66 h played ↗
Clunky, unresponsive combat and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I really can't stand how unresponsive the combat is.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Frustrating timing puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“most of the "puzzles" are reaction timed obstacle courses.”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗
Poor balance and shallow skills
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the skill trees are the very tired "+2% XYZ stat chance/dmg" point sinks.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Tedious grind with poor rewards
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the grind investment to reward ratio started to get really skewed”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Buggy co-op and netcode
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“it WILL randomly kick you and force you to restart your entire arcade run or boss fight”
Steam review · 220.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support1 GB
Minimum
OSXP/Vista/Windows 7/10/11
ProcessorDual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz)
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compatible
Storage1 GB available space
OSXP/Vista/Windows 7/10/11
ProcessorDual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz)
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compatible
Storage1 GB available space
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