Exodemic

Saw Splattercat play this on his channel and I agree with him, this is underrated at the moment. Fun little roguelite with a lot of fresh ideas and quite some tactical decisions makes it interesting.

A fun and frantic roguelite that becomes EXTREMELY satisfying as you layer on the augments. For $4 it's an absolute steal.

Exodemic scratches an arcade space shooter itch, with great tempo beats of excitement while fighting, and strategic thought on the galaxy level when you're plotting your upgrades. The soundtrack puts you in the mood, and sound choices are informative without being overwhelming, it's actually quite impressive for such a small game. I loved finding the different combinations for modules, or attempting a run outside of my comfort zone with a different playstyle ship. There are a few nit-picky details I have about the UI- your first run through the galaxy is basically exploratory because the iconography is not explained anywhere, and its unclear you only get ONE upgrade/scrap/repair at stations until you buy it and find out otherwise- but the dev seems very receptive to feedback, and is active on their discord, so I suspect this will be remedied soon. Honestly, for 4 bucks, it's a great game that will challenge you on the harder difficulties, without feeling impossible. Well worth the pickup for that price, even if it doesn't update further. (but it looks like it will!)

Asteroids on steroids! Exo is a great mix between strategy ship builder and a fast paced shooter, gave me some 2-D Risk of Rain vibes? Snappy, satisfying combat, fast paced ship movement and decision making, I felt like my ship building choices were impactful in my runs, and my movement choices directly impacted my ability to beat wave timers. The modes feel challenging, definitely requires some practice and planning to beat the harder levels. I think the game could use a little bit of balancing, AOE feels incredibly strong, sometimes to the point of making levels instantly killable, and the path randomization can be unfair.

Very compelling gameplay loop that is also frustrating but also satisfying. It really itches and scratches like it knows what it's doing. I'd love to see more content though - more weapons, more badguys, more encounter types, all that.

Fun arcade like game, with a little FTL thrown in! It's the first game I've played on my steam deck and it ran and played great!

一款麻雀虽小，五脏俱全的roguelike游戏。没有中文但大部分道具的效果都很简单明了，并不会对实际游玩造成太大影响。体量不大但也因为如此他没有一点多余的部分，可以说是带来了近乎完美的标准rogue体验。为什么是近乎的话，也是因为他体量小，虽然很强的随机性带来了深度的rogue体验，但也因此缺乏了一些设计感，虽然在简单与普通模式里没有太大的影响，但在极度缺乏经济的困难模式下很容易因为随机地图和道具太差而陷入死局，不过这样也是在困难模式下才会比较明显的问题。如果你是一名喜欢roguelike游戏的玩家我非常建议你尝试一下这款小巧精致，没有一丝多余的roguelike游戏。

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