HeroSquare

This game is fresh! It does a lot with its minimalist design and aesthetics. There's some really fun secrets and surprises, but be prepared to do some dying and retrying, especially at the bosses. Options are lacking a bit - control remapping and volume controls would especially have been nice. If you like experimental takes on metroidvania/action-adventures (like Minishoot Adventures, Yoku's Island Express, etc.) and are down for the retro aesthetic you'll find a lot to love here.

This is like a love letter to the old-school while managing to feel entirely fresh and new. Absolutely brutal as a metroidvania should be, but endlessly thrilling when you reach a new point.

game is super cool, clever, and fun. If you think you're clever you should try it. Great game to play while travelling too, on a plane would be perfect. It's fun, it's cool, you should try it

Played about 50/50 between Steamdeck and PC Loved: Atari era graphics Music 10/10 Smooth Controls Varied puzzles Short length Difficulty Didn't love: Some obtuse enemies (see sword guys) Very much worth the play and giving it a shot.

HeroSquare's is beautiful, flashy, and eye-catching. The minimalism serves to highlight the quality gameplay. This is a fun adventure!

Well done little indie game. Music 11/10, graphics 11/10. For how much I hate classic games this was really nice. Only the final boss battle was a bit too sweaty for me, so I cheated more health in. Don't know if there was meant to be any backtracking, the game lead me where I needed to go every single time. Only at the start is it not fully clear where to go. Some of the puzzles are a bit obscure and I wouldn't have figured them out if I haven't already played the game during testing. My advice - act like a cat and try to fit into every box, but also try to pay attention to the rest of the environment. Would be nice if there were achievements, especially for collecting more diamonds than is strictly necessary.

Fun minimalistic metroidvania. Good music. Solid secrets. The last boss was pretty infuriating to me difficulty wise. The attack with the squares all around you hit me 50% of the time even with the slowmo ability.

Um pequeno aviso,em alguns momentos o jogo da uma "lentidao"(n sei se é proposital pois parece ritmico)meu hardware é suficiente(pelomenos enquanto as specs do dev) Parece bem simples mas é bem mais que isso um jogo desafiante e muito(muito mesmo) baseado em ritmo no momento tenho ~1 hr de jogo mas achei divertido todavia o preço(mesmo na promo atual) ainda parece meio caro(n sei quanto ha de conteudo ao todo) mas no total n deixe a cara simples lhe enganar HeroSquare é um bom jogo

This top down metroidvania is really well done but it is really not for everyone. It is very heavily focused on parry in order to do damage to enemies. I grew exhausted with this and ended up dropped the game. Playing the demo first before buying is a must. Time to refund...

Мінімалістична метроїдванія про квадрат графічно стилізована під ігри з Atari. Вся бойовка обертається навколо парирування (клацання кнопки в потрібний момент, щоб відбити снаряд і т.д.), а сам геймплей полягає у пошуку шляху в кишках-лабіринтах тикаючись в кожен кут та шукаючи підказки, звучить душно, але насправді не все не так погано. Приємна чіптюн музика. З мінусів зазначу хрінове керування на клавіатурі і неможливість його змінити (ну хто блет ставить абілку на Alt). Також очікував трохи більше можливостей для квадрата, бо в цілому в основній грі майже все те ж що і в демці. По знижці точно раджу. По фулпрайсу вже на ваш страх і ризик