Dark Erosion: Endless Siege

There’s only one character. You start by picking one of five difficulty stages, each increasing enemy lethality but also increasing the rewards. Furthermore, each stage has six levels, and you have to beat them in order. The objective is standard: survive for the required number of minutes and then defeat a boss. Before your run, you also get to pick one of five starting skills, which fire and aim automatically. Each skill starts very slow and deals low damage, but you can boost it very quickly by collecting experience dropped from defeated enemies. One interesting ability is that you release a bomb when you dash, which is a nice way of killing enemies chasing you. Experience accumulates quickly, and you fill the level-up bar very fast. When that happens, you select one upgrade from four random options. Some of them are general, such as increased health or speed, while others improve your skill. These should be a priority, especially skill cooldown, which will eventually let you fire continuously without any delay. Skill range and damage are also useful. After you upgrade a skill 10 times, you will have to pick its evolution. Again, there are four options, but the interesting pa…

Dark Erosion: Endless Siege, created and published by LaoLiang, is an indie roguelike action title that attempts to merge several familiar systems—survivor-style combat, gear crafting, and incremental progression—into a single, loop-driven experience. At a glance, it fits comfortably within the wave-based survival genre that has grown increasingly popular in recent years, but it distinguishes itself by leaning more heavily into long-term character building rather than purely run-based upgrades. The result is a game that feels less like a quick, disposable arcade experience and more like a slow-burn progression grind, where each attempt contributes meaningfully to future success. The core gameplay revolves around surviving escalating waves of enemies in contained arenas, where positioning, timing, and awareness become essential to staying alive. Combat unfolds from a top-down perspective, with the player constantly moving to avoid dense clusters of enemies and projectile patterns that grow more aggressive over time. Early encounters are manageable and serve as an introduction to the mechanics, but the difficulty curve rises steadily, eventually demanding careful build planning and …

it's a good game, UI and menus are a little wonky but the gameplay is fun!