Beautiful dark art style and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The art style is incredible, the gameplay feels fantastic”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
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Mixed · 70%Mixed · 70%Unfinished Pixel2026Roguelite · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Tactics
$15.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
Stylish gridless tactical roguelite with fun environmental combat, but the 1.0 release stripped systems and content from Early Access. Skip it if you loved the EA version.
Great for
Fans of Darkest Dungeon/XCOM-style tactics who want short, challenging runs with environmental combos
Main risk
1.0 cut content and systems from Early Access, leaving it easy, shallow and short
What changed in the last 30 days
30 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews, mostly from EA owners, say the 1.0 update cut bosses, lore, camping and meta progression and made the game simpler and easier. Fairly confident this drives the drop.
30 recent reviews
What players love
Fun gridless combat with environmental tricks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“uses the environment and a push mechanic that is well designed around and present in different characters' movesets. you can ram enemies into sinkholes to kill them. hilarious”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Challenging, rewarding roguelite loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“every run keeps you hooked because you always want to try just one more.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Distinct heroes and varied builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Environmental combat + heroes that actually PLAY very unique from each other.”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗
Responsive, active developers
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Developers are really trying to make the game as good as possible by releasing patches consistently (at least 1-2 per week).”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
1.0 gutted Early Access content and systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“They took away about 50% of the content, depth and the gameplay from the EA version.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Too easy and simplified, little strategy
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It plays more like a turn based tower defense game than a tactical one.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Too little content and variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Its 90% fight and the random event end up into a fight 50% of the time...”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Enemy info hidden from player
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“TACTICAL turn-based battles where you can't see enemy stats? That's very strange.”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗
Bugs and game-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“during battles game breaking bugs that prevent any actions and have to restart.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Frustrating RNG and unfair deaths
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“moments where all of your characters are grabbed by sand worms and there is nothing you can do. That is NOT fun.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage6 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processori7 6700k
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage6 GB available space
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