
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
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Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite set aboard a massive space station falling into cosmic chaos. With the station slowly spiraling out of control, and its once-human inhabitants twisted into terrors, you’re the unlucky one tasked with uncovering what is going on... assuming you’re able to survive the station's violent halls with souls-like combat.
As Naut, you explore the corridors of this once vibrant station... or what's left of it. The deeper you descend into the station, the environments become more haunting, and the enemies less human.
Through advanced time-manipulation, you’re brought back to life whenever your bio-metrics are no longer detected. In the future where humans are able to download new abilities on demand, the station is now scattered with memory fragments from the fallen. Each one having the potential of being a lost skill or talent waiting to be unlocked.
Every run offers a new pivoted challenge with ever-changing pathways to explore, and pits you against hordes of enemies. Each ride down the station's elevators carries forward progress from the memory fragments you scavenge along your exploration.
In Katanaut, each clash of your blade echoes through the station's empty and flickering corridors, where every corner feels like is a surprise watching you... Whether you thrive in precision combat or prefer dealing with enemies from a safe distance, this is one cleanup job you won't forget.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese +2 more
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 44 reviews with recorded playtime.
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The combat feels incredibly satisfying. Every run pushes me to improve a little more, and I love how even failed attempts feel like a chance to learn something new.
It's a very fresh combo of ideas.
The aesthetic is that of watching a drunk man eat half-digested spaghetti out of vomit. I can't play this.
One of my favorite things is how rewarding mastery feels. Looking back at enemies that used to destroy me and cutting through them effortlessly is incredibly satisfying.
No tiene salsa, anda y juga mejor al dead cells tiene como una onda a katana zero, pero sin esa satisfaccion de pegar un slash porque no matas de un golpe, cada katana cumple con un gimmick pero que es muy miserable, segunda zona y me sale un enemigo de elite por acariciar un gato que no tenia chance de ganarle con las armas que tenia, 9 de daño por slash y la escopeta 20, ni un cuarto de vida le llegue a bajar, llamenlo skill issue pero la dificultad en este juego no tiene sentido, los enemigos normalitos los borras sin problema con ataques telegrafiados de aca a la china, un enemigo de elite de repente lo cambia todo con un ataque que salta y por mas que le pegues con el ! encima te comes el golpe igual, y el segundo jefe exactamente lo mismo, utiliza una lanza y pega como 4 veces en el mismo lugar, pero hay veces que por mas que le hagas parry te la comes igual, el gameplay es dificil de seguir y a veces no se entiende, parece dark souls 2 con los hitboxes, esquivo y como daño igual, sacarte la katana de parry es troll (porque aparte eso, no todas las katanas tienen esa funcion de hacer parry que stunlockea al enemigo y a los jefes les niega el golpe) Simplemente sauceless game, si hubiese sido otra onda que no sea roguelike seguramente hubiese ignorado estos aspectos pero el gameplay loop es muy aburrido.
Смешная нарезка мутантов разными способами.
space dead cells
爽爽的 good game
Liczyłem na coś przypominającego Dead Cells, ale niestety to nie ta gra. Ogólnie nuda i mało satysfakcjonujący gameplay. Nie polecam.
I wasn’t expecting to get hooked this quickly. The combat feels smooth, the enemies keep you on your toes, and every run feels different enough to stay exciting.
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