Beyond the Grove

It's... fine. But it is short and shallow and the challenges come more from artificial difficulty and pathing than genuinely making you come up with different ways to approach the game. And it has just one short sequence with a boss at the end. That's it. I don't hate this game, I'd give it a neutral if that were possible. But at the moment it's just not very enjoyable for me.

My fiancee and I have been having a great time playing this game! She loves the mushroom and I love experimenting with the different element combinations and seeing how they interact. The gameplay loop is fun and the mechanics are easy to understand, but the levels still challenging enough to enjoy the progression. I'd highly recommend giving it a try!

Great game. Gives me pokemon and pikmin vibes. Most of the strategic decision lies in the shop and what elements and golems you choose to push. I found its better to focus a few elements in a run, instead of trying to pick up every element .

Really neat little game that I come back to every once in a while to relax to. The gameplay is pretty simple but solid (not everything needs to be chess), with chill auto-battler style combat where you direct mushroom soldiers and combine elements to create different cool golems. I recommend this for someone who wants a lighter roguelike tactics game with cute animations and a relaxing vibe, a welcome change in tone from more "serious" games. There's something about this game that feels nostalgic in a lovely way, tapping into some of the carefree fun that I remember having as a kid playing popcap games and such. In a world of edgy grimdark games that take themselves ever so seriously (I love those too), it's nice to have some cozy games with good vibes.

very enemy sided

so, i've played a few hours, attempted a number of runs, and aside from my 2nd run i had run ending bugs on nearly all of them. units getting stuck losing you the game or making the game state stuck (cap regeneration buildings) forcing you to forfeit your run. once my units weren't even stuck on terrain, they just sat out in the open and refused to fight, ranged units were literally in range to shoot and would just let the opponents murder them. so yeah, the game flat out doesn't work. i have no clue how it was even released. asking for a refund