Ghoul Thrasher

Fun RNG heavy dungeon crawl, with nice graphics and music.

Man, I love this game... but why is it so scary?!

Had a great time playing through this game. Met the developers about a year ago at the Playthrough 2025 convention in Raleigh, NC. They definitely are passionate about this game and I was excited to support their project. This game is really cool because it was actually developed with the original Game Boy in mind. They do offer physical cartridges able to be played on the original Nintendo hardware which I thought was really cool. When it comes to the game itself, the gameplay is fairly simple but addicting. It's a roguelike dungeon crawler with infinite replay ability. Each run is different and all rooms are random. It's a game definitely made to be picked up and quickly played through. There is a fair bit of strategy involved for having to decide whether to fight or flee a battle, though I found it more worth while to just fight if it wasn't too powerful of an enemy because there is a flee penalty to your health. Light strategy is also required when having to manage your silver (currency) and items to purchase / upgrade. All in all, it took me about 15 minutes to fully beat the game from beginning to end of run. I had a good time with it.

Solid fun, reminds me of playing swords and serpents on the NES back in the day too some extent.

It's fun and i dig the style. VERY simple game play. This is the kind of game you play just to check out the pixel art and vibe to the music.

It is with regret that I must say I was very disappointed with this game. From time to time, I look for retro games that can scratch my nostalgia itch, provide some pleasant entertainment, and add a bit of freshness to my gaming experience. Unfortunately, [i]Ghoul Thrasher[/i] offers absolutely nothing beyond a brief dose of nostalgia lasting literally a few minutes, which largely overlaps with what is already shown in the trailer and screenshots. This is because there is virtually [b]no gameplay here at all[/b]. As a result, you might as well just watch the trailer and be done with it. The entire gameplay essentially boils down to clicking the confirmation button to see “what happens next.” You have practically no real influence over the course of the game. The closest comparison would be playing [b]Monopoly[/b]. The key difference is that in Monopoly I at least interact with other players, and that interaction is basically where all the fun comes from. Here, that interaction is obviously absent. Some might say, [i]“but it’s a roguelike, it’s very difficult, and you need to learn its nuances and mechanics.”[/i] The problem is that there are [b]no nuances or mechanics to learn[…