Not The Robots

Not Recommended

First Impressions in the Year 2025 - Poor controller support. Action buttons are only described with Mouse/Keyboard buttons. Controller works with some fiddling (enable Steam input before launching the game, have to set binds manually). The game was very confused with my DualShock 4's gyro, I had to re-calibrate it in Steam Big Picture Mode's controller settings and put the controller on my desk while setting the bindings in game. If the controller support was any worse, I wouldn't recommend this game.. - Game appears to support Linux, but the Linux version will not open for me on Linux Mint 22.1 with NVIDIA graphics. It immediately crashes after launch. - Windows version runs fine via Proton. - Epilepsy warning: game launch screen has intense flashing before the main menu opens. - Linux issue: some shaders are improperly rendered, causing weird flickering on green things like the food bar when it's full and the robot itself. Would I recommend this at full price ($10 USD)? Yes I can't comment much as to the gameplay as I've only completed a couple levels, but I like what I see so far. The tutorials only giving me the mouse/keyboard buttons is highly annoying, but the game really …

This game is probably something I would have played through back when I was still playing games in my browser. The gameplay loop just wasn't exciting enough standards for me to keep playing this game, especially for today's standards - even though "The Binding of Isaac" was already released in 2011, two years prior to this which is leagues above considering a exciting gameplay loop. The sound design is pretty smooth though and the art & voice design is alright. The "difficulty increase" is boring. The levels just get progressively larger in size, with more enemies and traps sprinkled around them. The procedural generated levels are pretty lazy and boring, rather annoying. Most of the time it's impossible to take your time and go slow since there are too many robots with unpredictable walking patterns around the level. The buffs help a little with speedrunning through the levels and they upgrade when you reach higher levels, which is cool but there isn't enough to keep it fresh and the upgrades are rather minor, you don't really realize them. Alt-tabbing out of the game makes it frequently crash, besides this the game works & does what it promises. It just ain't something I'd …

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Not The Robots hooked me with its brilliant central tension: you have to eat your cover to progress, which means every piece of furniture you consume is both a victory and a liability. The procedurally generated levels keep things fresh, and the way the game's dynamic music shifts seamlessly when sentries spot you adds real tension without ever feeling intrusive. I love how skillful play is rewarded regardless of whether you prefer slow and methodical stealth or fast improvisational runs — both approaches work if you're smart about it. That said, be warned: the difficulty ramps up relentlessly, and the sentries' infinite line-of-sight and random movement can make later floors feel more like desperate sprinting than actual stealth. Still, for the price, this is a clever, atmospheric little roguelike that's absolutely worth picking up if you have any patience for the genre.

Like others said, this game is "pointless and tedious".