BARDA: Backpack Roguelike
Mudita Games · 2026 · Loot, Inventory Management, Organizing, Roguelite, 2D
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Players praise the game's beautiful art style, original concept as a non-violent roguelike with inventory management mechanics, and well-thought-out implementation, though many found it surprisingly easy to complete on their first attempt. Common complaints include technical issues with fullscreen and window scaling especially on Linux, lack of quality-of-life features like mid-run saves, and balance problems where success feels overly dependent on luck with item drops rather than pure strategy, leaving limited replay value after completing the main goal. Despite these issues, players apprecia
I guess it was just me but I found it a little confusing. Not for me.
The content is enough for just a couple of hours, but replaybility adds to it potentially 5-15 hours. I would play this more just because it is charming: visual style, effects, outstanding sountrack.
I like the idea a lot. It's unique, it's daring and it's fresh! The exact things I am looking for, when purchasing games! Unfortunately, it is also janky, and I can not see it changing any time soon, since I feel the biggest issue is deeply rooted in the game's core. , although I would love to be proven wrong. The biggest issue is the hunger at the end of each stage resulting in messy situations, or placing an item at an exact position that blows the bag up and spits all the items out. Literal mess. I get that the game is all about organizing the bag, but at a certain point, it becomes very very sloppy and wasteful. In any case, huge props to the developer of the game for seeing the game through and pushing on for the 1.0 release!
EDIT: Issue resolved as of July 16, 2026. Well done, dev team! [strike]There's no save/load feature. An average run can apparently take a few hours, so if you need to leave the house and do something else or if there's a blackout and you don't have a UPS - tough luck. The only reason for this I can find is "this is a roguelike," but do other titles in the genre let you save mid-run and come back later to finish the current playthrough? Of course, most of those that take longer than 60 minutes to finish, do that. So what exactly is this game's excuse?[/strike]
A really lovely little inventory management roguelike, even if the story could be a bit longer, but it's still delightfully cute 🥰. Thank you for this little gem !
climb mountain roguelike. bag management sim. use item to solve problem while climb. relatively easy to beat, skill tree can simplify and help future runs. fun mix of management and strategy. get to the top for gramps
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