Dark Miasma

A Legacy-style stat-raiser that's been sadly overlooked. The basic setup is that you're caught in a timeloop, at the end of which Disaster will strike. You won't succeed in averting it the first time around, or the first couple of times, but you'll slowly explore the world and build relationships with different characters and unlock Legacy Heirlooms that will carry over into the next loop, making you stronger. There are no tough decisions to make - you're NOT going to win at first, you ARE going to get better, and there's no romance here, all the relationships are friendship and you're going to do them all eventually. Choice comes in mostly through the stat-raising and (light) deckbuilding necessary to do the RPG sections. (I say light, because I'm not good at decks, but I'm fine with this. You unlock the cards as you raise stats, it's pretty clear which ones are better and which ones work for your build.) I'm 7 hours in. I don't know how long it will take to win, but I'm enjoying my slow progress. And the characters are fun and have interesting quirks and backstories to uncover. My only real complaint is that there weren't enough music tracks so I eventually had to turn the m…

A creative game with lots of unique characters and a remarkable deck building mechanic. PROS: -Excellent characters, each with intriguing backstories and relatable struggles. -Fantastic lore with plenty of original creatures, monsters, and environments. -Addicting deck building aspect, with plenty of room for build customization. -An amazing plot full of great twists, and a truly epic finale if you can save everyone. -The "heirloom" mechanic, which allows certain things to cross over between playthroughs, is a very innovative idea. -Awesome music! -Great art, especially with respect to the character and monster design. Cons: -At the beginning, it can be a little challenging to find the best activities to do every week so that your character can survive combat: endurance training, mining+smithing for melee builds, and diving+spellweaving for magic builds. -Some characters' paths involve a dungeon that has a massive difficulty spike. -Ivan's backstory reveals an unexpectedly awful aspect of the game's society. Dark Miasma is the game for you to play if you enjoy the gameplay loop of: deck building, stat-boosting activities, and character story progression. I really recomm…

Really enjoying this game. You die - a lot - but the whole point is that you keep being reincarnated into slightly stronger versions of yourself so each playthrough you can focus on something different and achieve different/better goals. Would highly recommend.

The game is engaging and the stories of the town's people are well written and keep you interested in their progress. I recommend it!

Very fun game. The combat system leaves lots of room to develop your own style through skill progression and combinations of different fighting techniques. The story is quite good. It kept me guessing, and I was thoroughly engrossed. The NPC's were all quite different and they were a source of many a laugh, and I really wanted to see how all their individual stories progressed.

This is a deck building roleplaying game with rogue light style elements. While I'm not really a huge deck building fan the system was simple but fun to use and the rest of the game, the visual novel/rpg elements more than made up for having to do deck building. The game world itself is a lot of fun and very interesting. I'd recommend this game for fans of fantasy rpg with a strong story to play.