Bibots

I beat the game within 30 minutes on my 2nd run. There are no upgrades you can buy after a run. No base to build. No new abilities or guns to unlock. It is way too easy and small for the current price. This game isn't worth 3 euro's as it is now. Until there are unlockables or new game+, don't buy it unless you have money to spare. The gameplay is honestly very good, but I refuse to rate a game with such low replayability with a good score.

Bibots, developed by Square Squid and published by PID Games and Dear Villagers, is a top-down twin-stick shooter roguelite that blends bullet-hell intensity with character progression and build customization. Set in a vibrant sci-fi universe, the game follows Tayar, a young explorer who forms a bond with powerful ancient machines known as Bibots. Together, they venture into procedurally generated dungeons filled with hostile creatures, challenging bosses, and hidden secrets. The game positions itself within a crowded roguelite landscape but attempts to stand out through its energetic combat pacing and modular weapon system. At its core, Bibots revolves around fast-paced, room-by-room combat. Each run takes players through a sequence of interconnected arenas populated by waves of enemies that fire dense projectile patterns. Success depends on quick reflexes, precise movement, and intelligent positioning. The twin-stick controls are responsive and intuitive, allowing players to move and shoot independently, which is essential when dodging intricate bullet patterns. The combat design encourages constant motion, rewarding players who remain aggressive while carefully navigating hazar…

Too easy, beat the whole thing in 1h. There are no harder difficulty.

Couldn't play for more than an hour. Looked really promising but quite disappointed. You can't even change settings during a run, map menu is clunky, weapons generally feel the same and the progression feels really slow. I guess if you've really run out of action-bullet hell RPGs u can play this but not really a great worth of time 4/10.

Twin-stick Roguelites for $10-15 are a dollar a dozen; and I'll play most anything. There is no significant meta-progression. There are balancing issues; everything feels very under-powered. After a couple dozen fruitless runs, I manage a "game-breaking" build which led me through the end-game bosses in "Less than 30 Minutes" (ie Lightning Achievement). 5 hours of playtime. Not bad for the (sale) price; but more difficult than enjoyable.

I'd like to give a mixed review, as it's clear there is something good here, hiding underneath a few poor design decisions. But seeing as I didn't really enjoy the first 15-20 minutes of playing the game at all, I'll go with a negative review for now, until things are hopefully patched and improved. Some things the game needs to improve on: - Huge difficulty spike after the tutorial ends. The first room of your first run after the tutorial will almost 100% kill you, as the change in difficulty is so unexpected and unfair - Weapons are boring and same-ish. They're usually just variations on firing speed and amount of bullets, and not even visualized much differently from each other. It's never really fun to find a new gun - Too many weapon and grenade drops. It feels like there are like 5x too many weapons and grenades to choose from. You end up recycling everything, as there's no point in switching from one weak gun to another - Bibot is super overpowered, but can almost never be used - ><><**WAY TOO MUCH SCREEN SHAKE**><>< Please add an option to reduce it or even turn it off - Text animations are annoyingly slow. The effect is nice, but I really just want to read the text. The…