Sugar Rush

Sugar Rush is a fun little top down rogue-like game with a bit of a creative twist on the genre. Instead of defeating enemies by dealing damage, you try and match a specific color combination for each one. This makes it stand out, as opposed to other titles in the genre that incite late game devolving into a stat check, Sugar Rush only increases the pressure to preform. The effect of this is runs where you survive twenty, thirty minutes feel amazing, as it wasn't that you necessarily had a good build, you managed to keep up with and stay on top of all the insanity the game threw at you. Of course, there are traditional rogue-like elements like collectible items or drinks you can equip before a game starts that will give you advantages, but it's very clear when you're playing any assistance these give you is no crutch for actually playing the game well. It works best as a quick game to pick up and spend 10-15 minutes on, and for a $5 price tag I feel that's completely fair. To me, it felt fresh and I can see myself booting up for a run here and there for quite a while.