Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Nerdook Productions · 2014 · Action Roguelike, Platformer, Co-op, RPG, Roguelike
PC
Mostly Positive75% · 15570Metacritic
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About Vertical Drop Heroes HD
✦ AI summary
Descend through randomly generated platformer stages as a customizable hero, using strategic skill combinations and destructible terrain to overcome procedurally varied enemies and bosses. An HD remake of the cult classic webgame, it blends roguelike progression with tactical combat that rewards planning over reflexes, backed by Nerdook's distinctive solo-developed aesthetic and full co-op support.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage, until you face the final boss and uncover the truth behind the game!
FEATURES
- Randomly generated stages, enemies and bosses, resulting in a very replayable game
- Artwork, coding and animation done by one person (me) in that unique Nerdook style
- Split screen, local co-op, as well as local network coop!
- Destructible terrain and multiple uses for each skill gives you plenty of options to approach the different situations generated
- Tons of skills, abilities, traits and powers that you can unlock in the game, creating a different hero each time
- Unique combat system where proper planning is more important than quick reflexes
- Persistent upgrades allow you to carry forward progress between games, with a choice between increasingly expensive persistent upgrades or generally cheaper temporary upgrades
- Every enemy and boss has been designed to provide challenge and variety
BACKGROUND
This is a HD remake of GIGANTIC proportions for Vertical Drop Heroes, the original webgame with over 2 million plays... from Nerdook, a one-man developer with a portfolio of games that has accumulated more than 50 million plays worldwide! Bigger and better in every way, Vertical Drop Heroes HD revamps the entire game into an epic, randomly generated platformer RPG!
DLC & expansions
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
+Some player choice -Game starts with a main menu that you cannot get past with mouse without any indication that you should use keyboard? -> UX/UI issues -Runs poorly; feels like it's limited to 30 FPS -Did not drive me to play more -Incremental roguelite, not my cup of tea. Expected more of a roguelike-experience. Someone compared this to Rogue Legacy. That's 10x better game - then again likely 10x the price too. =Neutral review, but since I would not recommend such game for myself, I won't do it to you either.
trash, this game dev killed the flash version dev and used chatgpt to make this
It's just good fun truthfully. A nice game to relax too.
i have a huge nostalgia for nerdooks games but this one is frustrating it just doesnt beat the original, it doesnt even come close to comparing and its so frustrating as i was a huge fan of this game as a child
############################################################################################ FATAL ERROR in action number 1 of Draw Event for object obCharBox: Unable to find any instance for object index '101009' name '<undefined>' at gml_Object_obCharBox_Draw_0 ############################################################################################ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stack frame is gml_Object_obCharBox_Draw_0 (line -1) I've been playing since the update but it looks like the game is crashing while playing splitscreen the moment the p1 dies I don't think it used to do that before the update just letting the people know fun game its great playing again with my kiddo
Vertical Drop Heroes HD is a fast-paced indie action-RPG that blends platforming, roguelike structure, and persistent progression into a deceptively simple but highly replayable experience. Developed and published by Nerdook Productions, the game is an expanded and refined reimagining of the original browser title, rebuilt with modern conveniences, additional depth, and a presentation that better supports extended play sessions. While its mechanics appear straightforward at first glance, the game quickly reveals a layered design built around experimentation, repeated failure, and steady long-term growth. The core premise revolves around constant downward motion. Each run drops the player into a vertical series of procedurally generated stages, with the ultimate goal of descending deep enough to confront powerful bosses and uncover the secrets of the Temple of Knowledge. Rather than following a fixed narrative path, the game leans heavily on systemic storytelling, allowing each run to form its own miniature adventure shaped by random characters, gear, traits, and environmental challenges. Before every attempt, players choose from a selection of randomly generated heroes, each arriv…
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