Void War

Great game, Screw Games Workshop. The dev's did a better job at Grimdark than they can right now, so they hit them with the lawyers.

A nice little roguelike game that you can quickly play in between other activities, set in a dystopian world. Very well done, so well in fact that some greedy tabletop manufacturer thought it was their own work.

57 hours played. I should probably talk about the combat, ship customization, crew management, and all the other reasons this game is fantastic. Instead, let me tell you about my last run. My commander was a cannibal. At one point I boarded an enemy ship that had a husk rack continuously spawning weak enemies. This was apparently a tactical mistake on their part. What started as a boarding action quickly became a feeding frenzy. By the time the husk rack stopped providing tasty crunchy beep-boop snacks, my commander had stacked himself to over 30 DPS and was basically skipping his tubby ass through the enemy ship beating people to death with the enthusiasm of a sugar high toddler running through a candy store. The enemy crew did not survive. Fresh off this glorious victory, I answered a distress signal. A small colony needed medical assistance. One of their settlers was critically ill. Being the benevolent hero that I am, I used my fully upgraded medical bay to save her life. She immediately gave birth. Unfortunately the baby was... wrong. Horrifically wrong. The colonists took one look at the screaming eldritch nightmare that had emerged from their companion, collectively decided this was now my problem, shoved me back toward my ship, dropped the abomination at my feet, and practically locked the airlock behind me. This is how I became the unwilling adoptive parent of a blightling named "Cthulga." I kept waiting for the little bastard to die. She did not. Boarding actions? Survived. Space battles? Survived. Ancient horrors? Survived. Against all logic, reason, and probably several laws of nature, Cthulga made it all the way to the Vault of Souls and stood with us at the end of our victorious journey. 10/10. Came for grimdark spaceship combat. Left with a cannibal war hero and a custody arrangement I never agreed to.

I had absolutely no intentions of buying this game. Then I heard Games Workshop tried to shut it down. I picked up the game soon after and I have to say - This game is a lot of fun. Good little game to kill time with.

FTL2 featuring Games Workshop copyright infringement. Buy it.

Leaving a positive review to draw some attention to it after the recent false DMCA claim. If you want a particularly Grimdark FTL with some fun boarding actions and a lot of replayability, this is that. Is good. Is reasonably priced. Is not too big filesize-wise. Runs well. This is what a video game ought to be, broadly.

PLZ Add Russian Language!