Runehaven

Big Goode

Love me a dungeon crawler with some funky spellcasting shenanigans

you love noita for the spell crafting BUY THAT GAME you love the feeling of barony BUY THAT GAME you love some unique dungeon crawler BUY THAT GAME i love that game but it clearly not for everyone so if you are into enviroment or even graphic sorry but skip this one ( even if i dont care for this particular game ) all in all it a game clearly made by people who clearly just wanted to game they would play and not something for everyone and i would say just give it a try play 1 hours and if you don't like for mecanic REFUND IT else keep pushing cause you will get better ps: if any dev read this first : SORRY FOR THE GRAMMATICAL MISTAKE second : PLEASE KEEP ADDING STUFF TO THE GAME AND I SWEAR IF YOU GUYS ADD ONE OR EVEN TWO MORE MECANIC TO THE LOOP IT CAN BE THE MOST ADDICTING GAME MADE THIS YEAR third : love you all <3

At the time of writing, I have a bow that crashes my game because it casts like... 8 instances of a rain of arrows, which individually spawn ~20 arrows, each arrow of which will bounce, fragment, and seek to the nearest enemy. It doesn't sound like a lot, but when I fire it, my FPS drops down to 1 and my entire room becomes bright as I hear every enemy for the next 5 rooms explode. Outside of late-run shenanigans like that, the game is fun in the same way Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup or Barony is. Exploring, looting, and learning the little details is quite fun and can be pretty relaxing. Only gripe I have with the game is that runes can't be applied to other items like armor or bombs for extra silliness, and more exploratory combination mechanics for stuff would be fun, like randomized potion recipes and effects so I can use all the Aloe Vera and Dragonroot I am lugging around by the middle of every run. Definitely worth it at $10, even more so on sale.

Full breakdown 📺 https://youtu.be/Xl864yn8o4g From the jump it looks like a familiar blocky survival game but it doesn’t stay that way for long. The real hook is how magic works. You’re drawing out spell combos that can completely change how you fight and survive. Every run feels like testing ideas under pressure, especially with permadeath keeping you on your toes. It starts simple, then slowly turns into something more layered and interesting.

I love this game a LOT, the spells you can make are ridiculous, the destructible environment is awesome to traverse, and it's very rewarding when you finally complete your run. However. In every good roguelite and roguelike alike there's to be something you gain after each run. For a roguelite, its upgrades to help your run go smoother, and for a roguelike, it's knowledge from your dead run. Comparing this game to a very similar spell-crafting roguelike, Noita's progression is based solely off of the knowledge you gain, and the more you know, the further you go, and the absurd amount of secrets in that game let you constantly gain more of that knowledge and thus progression. That just isn't in this game. I understand that this is still being worked on, but as it stands, there's just not enough to gain after your first successful run. You can see practically everything in one run, save for all the runes, and that singlehandedly tanks replayability. I'm super excited to see where this goes, but for now it's a 6.5/10