Commander Tiberius Troubleson

Great little roguelite game! The shooting and all the spells pack a punch making you feel powerful while still dying early in a run. There are some perma upgrades like max health and bullet speed. The biomes are all kind of different, but the layout feels quite similar on the first ones after 4-5 runs. This game strenght is all about the various spells and perks that makes runs more unique. Steam deck: Runs well with steady 60fps. The game controller support is not detecting the steam deck so you gotta use keyboard and mouse layout, but it all works this way. Some ui and the map text doesnt scale right for the steam deck resolution so they are cropped out of the screen or kind of small.

I haven't played 12 hours, I left it open by accident, I say it's closer to 2.5 hours. And yes, it's a solid recommned, however it was not at first, let me explain. At the begging I thought it was way too hard, everything being so small and happening so fast, I thought it was too unfair. But at some point I accidentaly dropped a decoy spell near one of those pumps, and all enemies rushed towards it, and I just tear them down from behind. That was a turning point for me, the game wanted me to use my tools a little (it's very ovbios in hindsight), and after that the game turned into something new. I was planning a little more, reading my spells more carefully and trying to come up with strategies to disable each pump. It is still hard (maybe a little too hard) but I feel like with a little more permanant level ups and carefull planning I'll beat it. Bosses are tough. Gameplay feels great, I think that's why I didn't gave up sooner, and I'm glad I didn't.

Risk of Rain light (lite). Very light. Played with an xbox controller. What you need to know: 1. Very zoomed out (you can zoom in from the menu) platform shooter. I zoomed in 1 step. 2. Levels are hand crafted. Rogue-like comes in the gear you find and which levels you encounter including if you encounter stage bosses. 3. Between run progression is there where you buy permanent upgrades. 4. Jumping and using repel does a downward smash that kills any mob directly beneath it. Very handy for turrets. 5. You have 8 upgrade slots that you can change at will, so be strategic. 6. Spells are limited use but don't be stingy. You can get beat down quickly by a few enemies. It's a quality game with just a few rough edges the dev seems to be smoothing out. I'm surprised there are not more games in the style of large areas with tiny sprites. I appreciate always being able to see what is shooting at me. It makes some precise movement difficult which is why I zoomed in 1 step, but would work really well in a top-down shooter or space game with generous targetting.

Feels like risk of rain 1, which is a very good thing

great game, thoroughly enjoyed the demo and from the short amount i've played of the full version, i know its going to be so much more amazing and challenging.

Works on Steam Deck really well! Almost no battery drain. Excellent game! Took me 46 runs to finish but it was fun. It is really great. Can’t uninstall - will come back to it. I really like this kind of games. Need more! :)