Asteroids... But Roguelite

I originally bought this game back when it was first released on Itch.io, and it's definitely had some improvements since. Unfortunately that also means several exploits/cheap tactics I used to use to reach the top of the leaderboard, have been patched. I suppose it was inevitable. ------------------------- Asteroids... But Roguelite is exactly what it claims to be, and it does a damn good job at it. It starts you off as a weak ship, and you find yourself needing to increase your power at a very quick pace to stand a challenge against enemies. The core gameplay loop comes in wave-based shops. During the wave of enemies/asteroids, you get money, and you use that money at the shop to buy new upgrades at the end of the wave. These upgrades can drastically improve your ships viability enough to survive the proceeding wave. Rinse and repeat. The upgrades come in a wide variety; anything from new weapons, changing your ships stats, or even manipulating the overall quantity of asteroids. When I play a round, I feel like most- if not all- my choices towards upgrades matter. Sometimes I choose to decrease the asteroids that spawn in, so I can stay safe, and only focus on enemy ships - or the if I'm feeling more daring, I can increase the asteroid spawn rate, so I can destroy more, and get rewarded more money to use for future upgrades. If I don't feel like going that route, I can instead focus on gearing up my ship with a variety of weapons. I haven't tested all of them, but I can tell there's several different strategies you can try to go for, and each of them seems viable enough to try them at least once. As a little bonus, I haven't had to worry about any frame drops despite how intense it got for me spamming bullets/bombs/lasers, and several bugs/exploits have been fixed since reporting to the developer when it was in an earlier state, so we can tell the developer cares about the game. With all that said, I'd argue Asteroids... But Roguelite is definitely worth your 5 bucks.

I liked it :)

Really fun twin stick shooters that adds roguelike elements

Fun game. The space ship feels good to play, different weapons are fun to use. After playing it for a little bit you can get pretty good at it. Especially making good use of the edges of the screen to get teleported to the other side provide some good options for smart plays. There is a pretty big difference in how difficult some of the bosses are, but that does also add another layer of luck to it, which does fit the game.

Asteroids... But Roguelite is like the eponymous game of its class in a sub-sub-genre of shmup that includes Space Smash and Burst Drive -- in the class of 'really close to Asteroids where it's a single screen playing field, but then there is deep gameplay in the powerups you can pick up but you're not -required- to understand them, just soak them up and enjoy the fireworks'.

A fun and simple game. The controls are easy enough, I wish the go to aiming system did not involve the mouse, but it works.

What begins as a simple twist on Asteroids evolves into a tense and action packed space shooter with diverse weaponry and enemies to keep you on your toes through multiple stages and playthroughs.

+1 :)