BossyPinoJun 14, 2024$4.99View on Steam ↗

Cryohazard

Cryohazard is a spooky turn-based strategy rogue-lite. Pilot an upgradeable train caravan into the depths of the hazardous Soul Storm. Fight off the angels that give chase.

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$2.5K

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635

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Features:

Strategic survival: A unique, single-axis, turn-based combat system where accelerating and breaking lines up your cars with enemy targets.
The power of storms : Navigate through storms that apply enemy debuffs such as acid rain, heavy wind, hail, and more.
A rogue-lite journey: Stronger angels spawn deeper into the soul storm, along with powerful new abilities and enhancements.
Prepare your caravan: Change the arrangement of your caravan to execute different strategies. Each car has unique abilities and strengths.
A concise experience: A successful run takes ~30-60 minutes to complete. Unlock the True Ending by discovering the nature of the Soul Storm.

Gameplay:

A turn-based chase across a desolate post-apocalypse. When phantoms descend to destroy your engine, accelerate/break to align your cars and activate your weaponry.

Story:

I woke 3 years ago to find myself completely ALONE.

My family was gone, the city empty- everyone vanished without a trace.

And then one night, while struggling to fall asleep, I HEARD them again. A hundred million whispers crying out.

I looked on the horizon and saw a STORM OF SOULS moving towards me, freezing trees and burying everything in its path in snow as black as night.

Over the last few days I CONSTRUCTED a caravan with enough weapons and supplies for me to run for weeks.

But as the storm crept closer with every passing day, I realized the truth.

There is no escaping it. I am helpless against the totality of it.

If there can be any hope, it is to reach the eye itself. To go THROUGH the storm.

I will meet you there.

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Recommended2h played16 found helpfulJul 2024

Alright. [i]Cryohazard[/i] is done and dusted. This was a pretty fun node-based and turn-based roguelike where you play as a guy who found himself alone in the world after what amounts to a Rapture event. However, something did remain, the Soul Storm, and it is still rampaging across the world. You see it heading your way and realize there is no way you can outrun it. Fortunately, you prepared for this eventuality by building a four-train (although they are presented as cars) caravan which you will use to get to the eye of the storm and figure out the mystery of the storm. Throughout your journey, various demons (angels lol) will attempt to destroy you and your caravan. Gameplay is pretty simple. You begin with your locomotive and three other vehicles. The three other trains can be placed in any order you like. Your locomotive can only brake or accelerate, which will push enemies forward or backward along your caravan. Your other cars can attack enemies above them, although you can also find abilities that allow you to attack enemies above other cars. Each turn, an enemy or enemies fly in and pick the car they will begin above. You will then try to destroy said enemies by adjusting their positions and attacking them. After that, you will access the map and pick the next node. At which point, it's the enemy turn again. Any surviving enemies will move forward one car and attack, with the goal of reaching and destroying the locomotive. The locomotive being destroyed is game over. On the map, the various nodes have coordinates listed, and are many nodes on each map have something special about them. Some have effects that can hurt or hinder your enemies or both you and your enemies. Other nodes might repair damaged cars (except the locomotive which can't be repaired), increase the health of one of your combat cars, offer a new ability to be assigned to one of your combat cars, present a special enemy that if defeated drops both extra health and an extra ability; there is also a special node on each map that will contain a secret regarding the Soul Storm. The final node is basically a rest stop where your combat cars are repaired and you move on to the next map. After completing three maps, you've reached the end of the game and those secrets you found are translated for you. You will then start the game over. If you complete the game a second time utilizing the aforementioned knowledge, you will unlock the true ending. And that is the game in a nutshell. It is possible to play the entire game without losing any trains and also without taking any damage whatsoever by assigning your specific cars to specific caravan slots and using a specific set of abilities each round. The no damage runs are possible if you find the ability that allows you to damage opponents and move them one car to the right, but even with the base abilities, it is actually super easy to have no loss runs. It took me about five runs before I figured out the proper arrangement, but it's foolproof. And while I did think it was kind of funny just how easy it was to figure out that system, the game was still fun despite that, and the true ending was both enigmatic and cool. I did experience a bug at the end of my first completed run where it translated everything, but then the screen froze. Upon restarting, it didn't show the translations any longer. However, I'd written them down and it turns out I was still able to visit the necessary locations and get the true ending despite that. Additionally, it is not currently possible to take screenshots using Steam's default F12. It would be good to get that sorted out, but for the purposes of this review, I have no screenshots to show as a result. Beyond that, it functioned perfectly for me. I used k/m throughout, and I'm not sure you'd really want to use a gamepad for this one. All told, it took me just under two hours to perfect a means of playing without losing any cars/taking damage while also completing the game twice and seeing the true ending. I think the $4.99 price tag is ideal for this game. While I don't think there is any further replay value, you will get at least two full runs and about two hours of playtime, give or take depending on your comfort level and experience with this type of game. And I think there is the potential to see an expansion or sequel. I enjoyed Cryohazard, and I think it is definitely worth a look if you enjoy turn-based roguelikes utilizing a node system. [b]I received this license via our IndieGems Curator program.[/b] [code]If you found this review helpful and would be interested in supporting my Curator group, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32549618/]Robilar's Reviews[/url], it would be appreciated. Cheers.[/code] [code]Also follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]IndieGems[/url] for more reviews like this one.[/code]

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