Bound By Blades
Zeth · 2022 · Action, RPG, Adventure, Indie, Co-op
PC
Mostly Positive78% · 94
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About Bound By Blades
Save the lands of Ashmyr
War for supremacy raged on for generations between the different tribes of Ashmyr. Until one day, an ancient force was unleashed that shook the world and granted those nearby immense power. But this power came at a high cost. It took their minds and corrupted their bodies, leaving only a ruthless fiend in their place.They became known as the Ilcyon, slaughtering armies and obliterating towns as they ravaged the lands, leaving Ashmyr in peril.
Until a new path to hope was formed by a lone warrior. He united the tribes for the sake of survival against the Ilcyon and began a new order, The Bound. Only those proven through years of harsh training were initiated.
- Defeat 10 unique Ilcyon bosses and their vicious Extreme mode variants, collect their loot and craft awesome equipment
- Build your own playstyle by unlocking mighty item-set bonuses and receive powerful new alterations to your abilities
- Powerful enchants grant additional buffs and enhancements to your gear
- The fun and thrilling combat will keep you on your toes, as the encounters get tougher with each defeated foe
- Simple to learn, hard to master: In order to overcome the toughest Ilcyon you must memorize their attack patterns and time your parries, blocks and combos right
- Stuck at a boss? Simply change the settings select from 3 different difficulties
- Slaying monsters is more fun together! Invite your friends to join you in the 2 player co-op
- Select from 3 different characters, each with individual attacks and combos
- Craft 10 unique sets of armor as well as 10 unique weapons
- Level up your attributes and customize the looks of your character through the transmog system
- Collect pets, send them on missions to fetch crafting materials or level them up and evolve to support you during combat
- Take on the Tower and each of its challenging levels for great rewards
- Battle through the Endless Dungeon to become the best of the Bound
- Aim for the best ranks and beat your score in each boss fight
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players praise the adorable art style and engaging boss-rush combat with dodging mechanics, along with the cute pet companions and satisfying crafting system that gives purpose to defeated enemies. However, common complaints center on limited progression depth where equipment upgrades cap out quickly, forcing players to constantly swap gear, and significantly, the game suffers from poor visual feedback throughout—buttons, crafting, leveling, and quest objectives lack clarity about what's happening or what to do next. Most agree it's a fun 8-10 hour experience best enjoyed with friends at a ste
its okay-ish, definitely grab it now at -90% progression is very basic, sadly you are very limited in upgrading stuff, so if you like a set from the beginning, after some upgrades its at max, so you are forced to grab the equip from the later bosses, which is kinda meh, but generally a cool game1 found this helpful
Super adorable Monster Hunter spinoff! You constantly fight bosses back to back in an arena that restricts your movement so that you can only stand on the corners and walk on the edges, emphasis is more about dodging (this also acts as a parry) and dealing Click Click damage (or holding but I found this very ineffective end-game despite it looking more interesting). With your loot you craft sets of the monsters you slay, or just feed them to your pet(s) which also help you during the combat as well as venturing to loot themselves while you are on your own business. I've played it from beginning to end with a friend and sure it was goofy and modest but we had fun all the 9 hours we've spent in the game (we played until we %100'd the achievements) I'm unsure if it could keep being fun after a while for solo players because there are just 20 bosses in total (10 being the alternate enchanted versions of the previous 10) and the game kind of repeats itself giving you the same bosses with higher health and damage overall so it helps having a company grinding the same encounters over and over, and well we've grabbed it on discount so it was a steal for the amount of enjoyment we had in…
I'm divided. Gameplay is fun, art is super pretty, world is interesting, and crafting/gathering materials looks compelling, but the lack of visual feedback in EVERYTHING is killing me. Buttons, crafting, equipping, quests, leveling up; the game is super bad at telling me when something happened/what will happen if I press a button, or where I'm supposed to go and what I'm supposed to do. It's confusing at first, and frustrating after a while.
Couldn't get invested in it.
ffxiv and monster hunter had a 2d baby with a bit of boss rush grind thrown in and some lil plant sprite blorbo battle buddies
Bound By Blades is an indie action-RPG developed by Zeth and published in 2022, available on Steam for players seeking a more casual yet focused take on the boss-rush subgenre. Rather than aiming to rival the scale and narrative density of traditional RPGs, Bound By Blades distills the genre down to its core elements—combat, progression, and customization—wrapped in a charming art style and a surprisingly robust system of upgrades and crafting. While it doesn’t break new ground in mechanics or story, its compact scope and accessible design make it a unique offering for players who prefer bite-sized battles over sprawling worlds. The premise is straightforward: in a world torn apart by monstrous beings called the Ilcyon, players take on the role of one of three warrior classes, each with distinct stats and abilities, to fight back against a series of powerful foes. There’s a light narrative about rebuilding the world and protecting sacred lands, but the story remains mostly in the background, functioning more as context than as a central pillar. This isn’t a game that tries to immerse you in lore-heavy worldbuilding. Instead, it keeps its focus squarely on gameplay—primarily the se…
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