Shadows of the Ruins

A short but fun roguelike game that is quite challenging at the start, but once you get a few upgrades, you’ll have a much easier time getting through the dungeon. Overall, a commendable first game — I found it quite enjoyable, and the developers have done a solid job.

I'm not a roguelike survivor kind of girl, but I was asked to try this one out and it definitely left a good impression on me. At least at the moment I couldn't make it to the end, i'm bad at playing:v but I'LL KEEP TRYING FOR SURE! Very proud of the team, I know what an effort they made along the journey and I think that it beeing the work of students it's really WELL MADE it sure keeps you on guard and tense and you have to keep alert if you want to win!

Nice short roguelike game. It was kinda difficult at the beginning and if you take too long it's easy to get overwhelmed by the enemies. Overall it's a great first game.

I loved this game!! It's super fun and really difficult. Loved the mob of zombies that chase you down.

Really enjoyable short roguelike. Would be better with some polishing, specially the hitboxes which felt a little weird. Besides that, the movement and aiming feels smooth and agile. With some more features and a little bit of lore expansion I think it could make a really good fully fledged game.

Shadows of the Ruins is a free 2D roguelike survivor game that puts me in the role of a young adventurer searching through the ruins of a fallen empire. My village is struggling with poverty and the land has basically stopped producing anything useful, so I head into the ruins looking for treasure that could save everyone. I like that there is an actual reason for going into the dungeon instead of just throwing me into a random arena and telling me to survive. It gives the simple run based gameplay a bit more personality. The main thing I like is how the game mixes exploration with the survivor style combat. I am moving through procedurally arranged rooms while dealing with monsters, traps, puzzles and bosses. There are more than 30 different rooms that can be mixed into different dungeon layouts, so each run can play out differently. I also have an endless horde of tormented souls chasing me as I go deeper, which stops me from taking my time with every room. I have to keep moving, fight what is in front of me and decide whether it is worth risking more of my run for extra treasure. The treasure system is probably the most interesting part for me. The treasure I collect can be us…