SkyShard: City Battler

I feel bad writing this because I watch Regis's content and wanted to support but... there is just very little satisfaction in building these islands. As an experiment, I tried just grabbing random units and never reading what they did and I had about equal success as when I tried to build a cohesive team

I'll be honest. This game isn't going to be for everyone. I enjoy the gameplay and will play a game every now and then, but it's never going to be a main game or a time sink for me. The complexity is daunting at first glance and like any auto-battler, card game, rougelite etc. it takes time to understand what the units do and how best to utilise them. Despite being in early access, it is fairly well polished and the good news is it will only continue to get better. The best part of the game so far in my experience is the community and the developers. Ben and Regis truly show passion for the project and are constantly engaging with the community to shape the game. There is a discord and a subreddit where they constantly read feedback and respond - and you can quite often see that they listen to the feedback when it comes to each patch. In summary; it may not be a game for everyone, but for those of you who love this style of game you will love SkyShard and also the community that comes with it.

I purchased this game before the 4th of July holiday. All I could think about while celebrating with friends and family was getting back home so I could play this game. Super fun.

I love this game. I've been watching the the game develop through videos on Youtube, and honestly it didn't seem like my jam, but I wanted to support the creators. And I'm SO GLAD I decided to really give it a go. I'm having a ton of fun and find myself doing runs whenever I have a little time. The asynchronous game play is really nice when you're busy and can only play here and there. I keep trying different builds and am loving how much variety it is but still lets you make a board that feels good. I'm so excited to see what they have coming down the pike as well, but it already has such a nice little loop even if they never update again, I'll be playing this for a long time to come

Lots of fun to play. I am not a frequent player of backpack battle style games but I love a good strategy gameplay time. There are a lot of unit interactions and build styles that can be tried in SkyShard - some are better than others but most can be competitive at any time. The dev is active and VERY invested as a caretaker of the game, not just a profit-collector but someone that genuinely wants players to have FUN playing the game. Regis plays his own game, that's a good sign.

This is the sort of game where you can learn all the units after a few hours of play and still be learning new combos after over a hundred hours of play. There are no microtransactions or unlocks, and for me at least it offers enough complexity that there is always room to improve while not having to digest too much information in order to understand the decisions the game asks you to make. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys auto-battlers or run based strategy games like slay the spire

Transcendently good tactics auto-battler game with that pure indie spark that preludes a best-selling banger. Deep strategtic depth and highly-addicting game loop. Especially impressive is the fact it uses asynchronous multiplayer, which is rather uncommon. The demo is quite generous in content too. Try it out! You won't regret it.

Played 4 hours so far and only really scratched the surface of all the combinations and synergies in the game. The base game mode is such a satisfying game loop and is complemented really well by the more restrictive alternate modes. I look forward to the game growing and evolving from such a positive start.