
Trapped in a timeloop with no memories, you are the Light Bearer, fighting to uncover the truth - but at what cost? Harness rhytmic auto-attacks and dashes as light fades around you, raising tension with every move. Shape your power, rewrite your path, and embrace eternity or break free.
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Nelumbra is a 2.5D roguelite time-survival game.
You embody the Light Bearer, a savior trying to survive throughout timeloops to discover about its own fate. Survive relentless celestial hordes and bosses, discover new characters, enhance your powers and shape your destiny with every loop. Will you break free or become part of the cycle forever?

Play with a fresh and unique dash mechanic.
Redirect and chain frenetic dashes to weave through hordes of enemies.
Enhance their power and effects as you progress, creating dynamic and powerful builds.

Navigate your way through an obscure world where the light gradually fades around you.
Adapt your strategy find ways to recharge it throughout the game level.
Feel the tension raise as shadows grow around you!

Discover 20 combinable celestial artefacts meant to shake your gameplay up.
Enhance your auto attacks, dashes... or create clones of yourself.
Exploit their strengths to survive your way out!

Upgrade your weapons between loops to create your preferred playstyle.
Embrace and master your character's innate auto-attacks.
Choose between 5 characters and 8 hats to perfect your plan.

Fast-Paced Runs: Complete intense and rewarding runs in under 15 minutes
Build Variety: Experiment with scaling builds using weapons, dashes and upgrades
Multiple Characters: Unlock and discover characters with each their own playstyle
Unique Items: Choose between 20 combinable celestial artefacts and build your own unique run
Original Visuals and Audio: Dive into an immersive 2.5D celestial world with authentic graphics and audio, made by humans for humans
Accessibility Options: Tailor your own experience with different visual and controller accessibility settings
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish - Spain*languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 23 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Very cool little game with a unique atmosphere and challenging game design! Full review : ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful (love the atmosphere!!) ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs (probably but I haven't seen any) ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
Vraiment un très très bon vampire survivor like ♥ Bien dynamique, et une bonne courbe de progression pour s'améliorer et débloquer tout les persos. Je recommande énormément !! GG au dév :p
love the mood, awesome game <3
Really fun game, it's quite challenging and building your deck is interesting, you get easily trap hopping for specific attributes. Music is nice and the overall mood is super fresh; you def should give it a try
Game with great potential ! Had lots of fun and I thought the game really was challenging, there's also lots of content if you dig into it :) the visuals are also really cool I feel like some gameplay elements could be clearer, some advice for other players here : - it's not obvious you can use coins to upgrade your character/unlock new ones unless you go back to the menu - exploring the world really is rewarding, you can find lots of surprises in here, don't hesitate to walk into the doors with portals - don't hesitate to rush for artefacts, they're lots of fun different combos you can try Can't wait to see the future updates, take care
Nice little game, really well made, giving everything you can think of when buying it! It's a refreshing "vampire survivor" game with an approach that made the general progression really satisfying. You somehow still want to launch another run to get the next reward, the next piece of (cryptic) lore, discover a new puzzle, or even reach a boss..? The main mechanic, the dash, speaks for itself. Mastering it is the key, and you can feel the deepness of this classic but efficient addition. The artifact are numerous and bring good variations of builds. Really glad to see so much new stuff since the beta I had the chance to test a while ago. Love the mood and the hard work behind this game, give it a try you won't regret it :)
A very enjoyable and addictive game. Finishing the 15-minute time limit to achieve a victory is quite challenging. Some mechanics seem obscure but are eventually understood after a few games of play. A plus for the high-quality audio production and the numerous translations available. For an independent studio, this is remarkable.
Great game, great atmosphere. I've just survived my first run, and I feel like I've still a lot to discover in this mysterious universe. You will get chills for sure when you'll manage to snowball for the first time, or when you'll run away from enemies trying to hold to your life. Definitely worth the price.
Very nice game, inspired by Vampire Survivor. Works well on the Steamdeck.
Très sympa L'ambiance est vraiment sympa La notion d'exploration est très cool Je recommande !
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