Dark Throne
Elroy Saltzherr · 2024 · Metroidvania, Exploration, Precision Platformer, 2D Platformer, Dungeon Crawler
PC
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About Dark Throne
Awaken, brave knight, in the depths of a mysterious cave. With no memory of how you arrived, you must explore, battle, and unlock powerful abilities to survive and escape this treacherous dungeon. As you progress, you'll navigate a sprawling, interconnected world in classic Metroidvania style, uncovering secrets and acquiring new skills that open up previously inaccessible areas.
Engage in intense 2D platforming action, mastering precise movements and timing to overcome deadly traps and formidable foes. Unlock powerful abilities like dashing and double-jumping to enhance your mobility and combat prowess.
As an indie game, this adventure offers a unique and personal touch, crafted with passion and attention to detail. Embark on a perilous quest filled with danger, mystery, and adventure. Will you uncover the secrets of your past and escape the dungeon's clutches, or will you fall victim to the horrors within?
Engage in intense 2D platforming action, mastering precise movements and timing to overcome deadly traps and formidable foes. Unlock powerful abilities like dashing and double-jumping to enhance your mobility and combat prowess.
As an indie game, this adventure offers a unique and personal touch, crafted with passion and attention to detail. Embark on a perilous quest filled with danger, mystery, and adventure. Will you uncover the secrets of your past and escape the dungeon's clutches, or will you fall victim to the horrors within?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This shows the extraordinary hard work that Elroy Saltzherr put into the game with his 6+ years of unity game design experience. The lore of this game is more intense than elden ring and game play is better than haides. how this wasn't nominated for game of the year is a crime of humanity. If i was looking to hire a game designer then Elroy Saltzherr would be my first pick for an amazing game.3 found this helpful
"Dark Throne" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. I'm not sure if this is a student project (if so, they all failed) or if it's just from a bunch of would-be developers wondering why nobody in the gaming industry would hire them (this game explains why), but either way, this is awful. A run of the mill pixelcrap platformer trying and failing to capture that Castlevania feeling. You take on the role of a knight with amnesia, and I could really relate to that character because after playing this I desperately wanted amnesia to take the memory of this garbage away. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. The game is really simple and unambitious in terms of implementation, more of a tech demo or one of those cases where an amateur dev…1 found this helpful
Amazing game but we need more bosses1 found this helpful
It's ok but I didn't see a blaze in the northern sky
Nice game! Sure its got some bugs here and there, but game is peak with its intense movement and tough battles. Can't wait for the sequel!
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