Pathogenic

This is an incredibly fun game. The moment I launched it, I was immediately hit with memories of Spore's Cell Stage. It takes that same 2D cell aesthetic and turns it into a bullet hell roguelike. The game is balanced nicely, though sometimes you get hit with poor RNG and the Heart boss can be pretty RNG-dependent due to the amount of things it throws at you. What really interested me was experimenting with the many different builds. One run I created an army of minions that did all the fighting for me, and the next I challenged myself with a melee-only build (melee is goated btw.) The sheer variety of weapons and things to tinker with made every run feel different, and that's what makes a good roguelike. On top of that, there are plenty of alternate game modes, like Boss Rush, which skips the exploration and throws you straight into consecutive boss rooms. Huge thanks to the Devs for the Steam Workshop support, it's always nice to see community involvement this early on. It already has a growing collection of QOL, tweaks, a creative menu, and multiplayer-focused mods. That said, it isn't without flaws. Physics can become a little annoying once your cell gets larger. It's easy to snag on walls or get wedged in the tunnels depending on your cell's physical evolution build. There's also a secret ending and hidden boss that are so obscure you'd likely never know. The game offers almost no clues, requiring you to find invisible rooms and a specific weapon just to begin uncovering them. Overall, I love how creative this game is. The different cell types combined with the huge selection of weapons and over ten challenge modifiers, there's plenty of replayability and room to experiment with a bunch of things. Highly recommended.

Phenomenally fun and cool cell themed twin stick shooter roguelite. Great music and visuals, good gameplay, well worth the money.

OK

Really fun so far. I highly recommend if you like roguelikes and spore!

Wow... Really good game

A hidden gem among this year's plethora of game releases, Pathogenic is a unique roguelike bullet heaven that puts you in the role of a disease with the ultimate goal of killing your human host by destroying their immune system. The game has a surprising amount of depth, with tons of weapons, mutations, and builds that showcase everything that makes this genre so enjoyable. It's incredibly satisfying to evolve your evil little microbe into the next deadly virus while mowing down white blood cells in a hail of gunfire. This is a beautifully crafted game that's well worth the price, especially considering how cheap it is. I hope this game and its developer receive more support in the future because they've created something special.