The Dark Cave

The main gameplay consists of acting out combat in two 3x3 grids, one occupied by your character, and the other by monsters. You typically have different attacks and skills that affect enemies in a horizontal or vertical axis, or a combination of the two, and the monsters have their own attack patterns. The attacks you can use have a cooldown, so usually you strike and have to move around a bit, dodging blows and using support skills. A typical run into the cave will consist of up to 25 battles and will take between 30 and 60 minutes. In between combats there will be opportunities to acquire new skills and items. There is a lot of stuff to unlock. You start with a single character, but there are two more; each character needs to be played a bit before he is at his full potential in future runs, and, once you beat the game, additional difficulty levels will open up. This game will not be for everybody, but if you enjoy roguelikes, like to find OP combinations, and don't mind pixelated graphics, you can have a lot of fun here - I did. Once you do find the winning strategies the game becomes relatively easy to overcome, but still satisfying. An interesting and novel mechanic is to limit the number of available moves in a battle. Once you exceed this quota, you start losing health.