Seer's Gambit

[h1]A fantastic game with surprising depth that's in desperate need of a balance patch.[/h1] Seer's Gambit isn't perfect, but it's good. If you enjoy roguelike autobattlers, this is worth the sale price of $15 and it's a steal at the (current) promotional price of $9.75. Almost every "problem" (and I use that term very lightly) with this game comes from a non-trivial amount of its content being useless because of how the rarity system works. [h3]The Good[/h3] There are just the right number of systems in play. Indie developers sometimes suffer from feature bloat, and I'm happy to say that is not the case here. Heroes synergize with each other in multiple ways, which usually means there is at least some synergy in your party of six. The sprites are pleasant, easy to interpret, and the visual effects are flashy without being overwhelming. The heroes are all thematically and mechanically distinct from each other. The game's few hints are impactful; I never felt at a loss for where to go or what I should be doing. Also, the game doesn't force you to play the objective. If you want to wander off and fulfill your own goals, you're not railroaded away from that. [h3]The Bad[/h3] T…

Auto-batteler bliss.

Seer’s Gambit, developed by Unleash The Giraffe and published in collaboration with Gamersky Games, takes the familiar foundations of the auto-battler genre and reshapes them into a more deliberate, single-player roguelite experience. Instead of leaning into competitive multiplayer or rapid-fire decision-making, it slows the formula down and gives players room to think, experiment, and adapt. That shift in pacing is not just a minor tweak—it fundamentally changes how the game feels, transforming what is often a reactive genre into something more methodical and approachable without sacrificing its strategic depth. The gameplay loop centers on building a team of heroes and guiding them through a branching series of encounters. Each run presents a sequence of battles, events, and upgrade opportunities, with players constantly adjusting their composition based on what they encounter. Combat itself plays out automatically once units are placed on the field, but it doesn’t feel entirely hands-off. Each character builds energy over time and can unleash powerful abilities that the player activates manually, adding a layer of timing and engagement that keeps battles from becoming passive. …

My thumbs down comes mainly from the game price. It isn’t a bad game, it just have 5 € fun in my humble opinion. The game basically a gambling idler. The player doesn’t have almost any meaningful tools in the runs. With the recent update you can select now your starting character, and your starting point on the map, if you’ve grinded long enough. Afterwards you travel based on the chosen node of the map. There are very limited travel types, and in every travel there are only few events in the mix. If you traveled even once of a the type, you’ve seen everything. Keep in mind, on the map there are many same type of travels, so even on your first run you’ll see the same content more than once. The battle has the same limited options. There are few battle maps in the pool during the travels. Each travel has a very limited selection of enemies, so again if you’ve played once, basically you saw most what the game can offer. During the battle you place your troops on limited spots, so that’s the strategy input from you. I played on 4x speed, but I was bored, because there are almost zero player agencies during the run. In theory it could’ve been fun to assemble various mix of heroes, but …

Мало того что игра периодически зависает, что особенно раздражает после очень сложных боев, так это еще какие-то убер мощные способности у боссов, которые выкашивают сразу всю пати. Дошел до босса, во время боя возникла посередине какая-то полоса, без каких-либо объяснений что это и что с этим делать, QTE это или каст босса я так и не успел понять, потому что дальше моя пати вся умерла. Желания продолжать не возникло. Ни полной цены, ни цены по скидке не стоит, максимум, евро 3-4. Один из основных минусов игры это репетативность и отсутствие внятных пояснений. По характеристикам персонажа должно выходить что он хилить или дамажить должен лучше имеющегося персонажа, но выходит ровно наоборот, хотя один персонаж и характеристики имеет лучше и стреляет по нескольким целям, а старый персонаж во всем хуже.

40 minutes in, I'm still looking for the fun...