Idols of Ash

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This is one of the best games I've played in a while. I was initially drawn to it for the environment/atmosphere and the concept of descending into darkness while being chased by a scary bug. But the grapple mechanic is so insanely satisfying and addictive once you really get the hang of it. The gameplay can be fast paced if you choose or if you keep going past the normal mode it'll become a requirement. The store page trailer doesn't do it justice. Difficulty scaling of the other modes/levels feels well done, and actually helped me get better at the game doing them in order. For $2.99, this is a steal

short game but verycool

Very, very tense atmosphere... I never experimented such fear in an hour. The gameplay is great once you learn a few tricks or two, and the creature chasing you gave me goosebumps every damn time... For 3€ it's nice but kinda short (1-2h of gameplay I'd say)

Idols of Ash is a very small game, but from its small span I can say- I've played a few different 'megastructure games', a few different 'climbing games' and a few different 'grappling hook games', and been diffusely let down by each of them. Idols of Ash gives me something I can finally point at and say, "this is what I'd been hoping for", but it also, far away, shows me, "oh, this is the tone and exploratory structure that Thief: The Dark Project was going for way back when, wasn't it? (This is what Dark Messiah of Might and Magic saw in Thief: The Dark Project, isn't it?)" Within its small span Idols of Ash has given me a moody experience, a nail-biting challenge, a better sense of other games I've been playing and a renewed appreciation for some of my favourite games. I highly recommend it. (I write this while still in 'grappling hook mode' - I'm a human-shaped pendulum dangling from a ledge of ancient stone. Help.)

ive finished this game 5 times over and now i need MORE grappling-decension games wish this game had workshop support so i could endlessly scale down more horrifyingly large pits with spooky enormous earwigs..

Short, well made game for the price. It was fun to 100%, and I think it would be cool to see some more maps.