Recent reviews by TimeToGrind

Cube Chaos is a sandboxy, strategy roguelike that has more replayability than honestly almost every other roguelike I've ever played. It might look simple at first but holyyyyy cow you really can kind of do anything in this game to try to accomplish the goal of killing the enemy base and moving on in the run. The sheer amount of content in this game is truly mind boggling. Don't let the graphics warp your idea of this game because it is hands down one of the coolest freaking roguelikes I've ever played!

https://youtu.be/szkst6LgMTE

This newest roguelite by the dev of Genome Guardian, Alpherior, has us once again combining DNA to make some insane units but this time in a more tactics based game! The DNA combining mechanic is super unique and makes this game really interesting and replayable. If your a fan of tactics based games or turn based roguelites then you should definitely check this one out!

https://youtu.be/5mT9ROBTbnI

Cast n Chill is one of the first idle games I'd say is a masterpiece. It's a fishing idle game that has some of the most gorgeous pixel art I’ve literally ever seen before. The sound design really makes you feel like your out in nature fishing and it's just such a chill experience and also incredibly fun whether you play actively or idle it. 100% recommend this game!

https://youtu.be/nhi1RNU7srk

I was expecting PEAK to be way more of a gimmick game than it actually is. It is a super dang high quality game that fills you and your friends (or just you if your playing solo) with so much tension as your trying to climb higher and higher in these awesome different biomes. There are a bunch of quirky items (sometimes too quirky like instantly just killing you or your friends haha). And the climbing and stamina mechanics are really solid as well. Highly recommend especially if you have some friends to play with!

https://youtu.be/eTDsQ_h3k5Y

Lost in Random: The Eternal Die might be one of the best action roguelites I've played! From the snappy and responsive combat, to the incredible voice acting, and the super deep and interesting power and inventory system I would def recommend checking it out!

https://youtu.be/A0fW7Udyo8A

9 Kings has an incredible amount of depth and replayibility all while being an extremely approachable army building roguelite! Tons of unique kings to play, tons of different builds, and a lot of pretty solid meta progression! Plus it's soooooo satisfying to watch the lil' armies fight each other haha!

https://youtu.be/ZOiL0iD6rPk?si=fokBmAppfVeIWsh4

This game is an absolutely underrated hidden gem of a deckbuilder! I think it's not getting as much attention since it's not a traditional roguelike but the way you still have to do multiple runs to get the beat the whole adventure, and there's branching paths and unlockable characters and cards gives it a ton of replayibility. Also you can really tell how much love and attention got put into this game, it's got such a heart to it and the hand drawn artstyle is obviously the cherry on top. The combos and decks you can create are super fun and it's got some unique mechanics like the pack opening system that other deckbuilders should totally steal haha. 100% recommend checking the game out!

https://youtu.be/b2CPHiYHCg4

Monster Train 2 is better than the original in almost every single way. The new factions are fire, the deployment phase is fire, the undo button is fire, the soundtrack is fire, the events are fire, and it's soooo much fun to break the crap out of the game. So whether you played the original or not Monster Train 2 is 100% worth it!

https://youtu.be/0sw6INlAZkk

I never played any of the original Robot Wants It All flash games like Robot Wants Kitty so this was my first experience with them but they hold up to this day and it's cool to see what the games where like!

https://youtu.be/8lyhycbnDNM

SHOOPER NOVA is another great one of these build creating roguelikes and this one has some unique depth of having to decide where to put your weapons and how to balance what you want. The polish and soundtrack of the game are super satisfying as well!

https://youtu.be/AnWVquiU8Do