Lichgate: Tower Survivor

EDIT: I no longer have mixed feelings. This game's meta-progression sucks. Out loud and hard. Which means that trying to progressing through the game sucks. Out loud and hard. 100 failed runs to net a 4% additive bonus to something when all the meta-progression requires a x2 multiplicative demand. Wish I could refund this game. The gameplay loop with "rock, paper, scissors. +1" is fine. Moving through the gates/play progression just doesn't feel good. Then we get to the meta-progression. Man, no idea whose brain-child this was... Awful. Every "level up" you get 4, only 4, of the resources needed to upgrade your meta passives. Every level doubles the amount needed for the next level. It's not linear, it's exponential: IE: 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 8 -> 16 -> 32, etc. Each meta upgrade only offers a 4% LINEAR upgrade. The math isn't mathing for a the gameplay reward because this game will force you for fail consistently on the same map only to crawl for the meta progression that MAY let you pass it. No skill. Pure awful RNG and meta design.

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Lichgate: Tower Survivor is an approachable auto‑battler with a tower‑defense twist, built around simple mechanics that are easy to pick up but become noticeably repetitive over time. The core loop is straightforward and accessible, making it a decent pick for short sessions or casual play. Abilities are clearly distinct from one another, which helps keep builds readable, but the modifiers attached to those abilities aren’t always well explained. Often you’ll need to rely on prior knowledge of the icons, hover over each one individually, or dig through deeper menus to understand what a modifier actually does. The UI itself is functional and mostly clean, but it doesn’t surface much information unless you actively go looking for it. Despite these shortcomings, the game manages to be surprisingly engaging. Runs are quick, the pacing is snappy, and there’s an addictive rhythm to watching your setup slowly scale into something powerful. It’s not groundbreaking, but it delivers a compact, enjoyable auto‑battler experience with a tower‑defense flavor that can easily pull you in for “just one more run.”

A neat transformation of the Tower Survivor Warcraft 3 map with pretty much all the features that one has. Just needs more tower options (like the mixed element ones the WC3 map has), more upgrades and overall more content/progression and it'll be perfect. Definitely worth for the price even now

Loving it - in my opinion - hunting down all the achievements is a great challenge, but also not overly tiresome, getting a feel for all the different builds, picks, when to reroll and when to buy i great feel, and one session doesn't take too long. Also - decided to write this review purely to cry at myself for having the best gate 9 burn run and accidentally picking hel strike instead of hel damage... Did get the secret achievement though :) I guess one piece of feedback i'd give - at gate 9 - when running a specific build - I'd almost always try to reroll the shop until i get an exact weapon - which is slightly tedious and time consuming, would've liked to have the option to select what one thing i would like to see at first in the shop.