On March 4th, Curse of the Dead Gods is a new game for lovers of Roguelike dungeon crawlers published in early access. The first players are already enjoying the title and the developer is already announcing big plans with a roadmap.
Here you search ancient temples, defeat monsters, trick traps and gain valuable loot. In the fights it is especially important not to act too aggressively, but also to use defensive tactics. The following gallery shows what this looks like in action:
Curse of the Dead Gods – view screenshots
light and darkness
The levels of Curse of the Dead Gods are always shrouded in deep darkness, which is not only graphic, but also playful. Because the opponents are stronger in the shade. If you activate various beacons in the temple with your torch, the battles will be easier.
But also your character itself can fall into darkness. Every time you take magical damage or descend deeper into the temple, your doom meter feels. If it is full, you will be given one of ten curses.
Anyone who dies on the trip starts over. You only keep found crystal skulls that give you certain buffs.
Current scope and plans
- Jaguar temple with unique traps
- ten normal and one final curse
- about 30 unique rooms
- six opponents including elite versions
- two champion boss fights
- an end boss
- 20 blessings
- nine fighting styles
- 40 relics
New content is coming in March: Champion weapons, more room variations and additional relics, curses and blessings should appear as early as March 2020. After that, two more temples with unique traps and opponents are planned, as well as more gameplay mechanics.
The previous players are very impressed in the reviews on Steam. Of the 186 ratings, 162 are whole 86 percent positive. The few critics feel that the game is too generic and complain above all about performance problems.
Version 1.0 is planned to be released in 2020. The game is Windows exclusive and currently costs around 15 euros. Versions for Linux or macOS do not exist.
