Mallow

Mallow

Goose Shroom · 2026 · Action, Action Roguelike, Top-Down Shooter, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics

PC
Positive92% · 13
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About Mallow

General

mallow is heavily inspired by nuclear throne by having quick action paced runs and chaotic challenging gameplay. the game is quite difficult and is very punishing. the main mechanic is the ability to select enemies as well as upgrades. for every upgrade you select you must select an enemy. this is my first game as a solo dev (i do everything except the music) and student so the project might be a bit rough.

Content

the main content is made up of enemies, upgrades, guns, and abilities. there is no meta progression.
  • 75+ upgrades
  • 50+ enemies
  • 25+ guns
  • 15+ abilities

Is this game for you?

This game IS for you if
  • you love action roguelikes
  • are looking for something chaotic and quick
  • don't mind some jank
  • like leaderboard grinding
This game IS NOT for you if
  • you looking for a huge game
  • don't like roguelikes
  • love meta progression
  • are looking for a casual or chill game

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise the game's music, free-to-play accessibility, and some elements of player choice, with several noting strong creative direction. However, common complaints center on poor visual clarity and messy presentation that makes gameplay difficult to follow, missing basic UI features like an escape button to exit, and controls that feel unintuitive, with several players struggling to engage with the overall experience.

Recommended Mar 26, 2026
This game truly makes you feel like you're John Mallow through its immersive storytelling, beautifully rendered cutscenes, top-tier voice acting, dynamic environments, and clever gunplay. Mallow truly most cinematic games to come out of this generation and deserves its seat to RDR2 and Frog Fractions. 7.5 Not enough water.
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Recommended Feb 28, 2026
it's missing an esc button to close the game, but I like the music !
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Recommended Jul 31, 2026
This game is a little confusing, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to play. It is not easy difficulty wise, it's really hard. But not frustratingly hard or unfairly hard. I haven't played it much but of the 30 mins I have played I enjoyed it quite a lot! It's also free so you might as well play it! Also the music is really good
Not recommended Apr 2, 2026
+Free +Some player choice ---Extremely messy visually, I couldn't get in to the game really -> feels terrible to play =Neutral review, but since I wouldn't recommend such game for myself, I won't do it to you either.
Recommended Mar 22, 2026
should be a mobile game as well lowkey peak game, glad to have made music for it
Recommended Mar 1, 2026
This game is to minecrafty, i can't even read anything, and the music is fire but loud, where is the keave the game butgon.

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