Ember Knights

Item: Ember Knights
Rating: 87
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-23

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Summary

Highly enjoyable and addictive roguelite gameplay
Deep build variety and synergies
Exceptional co-op experience
Insufficient content and variety
Co-op and solo play flaws
Inconsistent difficulty balance

Emotions

Satisfaction36%Excitement13%Joy13%Frustration9%Disappointment8%

Reviews (sample size): 1219
Helpful reviews: 75%
Unhelpful reviews: 24%
Protest reviews: 0%

87%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
13%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3008
Negative points: 924
Gameplay points: 693
Perf. points: 15
Rec. points: 456
Misc points: 101

Point	Description	Importance
Highly enjoyable and addictive gameplay Description Players consistently praise the game for its high entertainment value, whether played solo or with friends. Its fast-paced action, satisfying progression, and overall polished feel contribute to an addictive and rewarding experience. Importance 100%	Players consistently praise the game for its high entertainment value, whether played solo or with friends. Its fast-paced action, satisfying progression, and overall polished feel contribute to an addictive and rewarding experience.	100%
Deep build variety and synergies Description The game offers extensive variety in weapons, skills, relics, and upgrades, allowing for diverse and creative build possibilities. Players enjoy experimenting with synergies to create unique and powerful playstyles, which significantly enhances replayability. Importance 38%	The game offers extensive variety in weapons, skills, relics, and upgrades, allowing for diverse and creative build possibilities. Players enjoy experimenting with synergies to create unique and powerful playstyles, which significantly enhances replayability.	38%
Exceptional co-op roguelite experience Description The game is frequently lauded as one of the best roguelikes/roguelites available, particularly excelling in cooperative play. Many reviewers compare it favorably to genre giants like Hades, often calling it 'Hades with multiplayer' due to similar mechanics and progression systems. Importance 33%	The game is frequently lauded as one of the best roguelikes/roguelites available, particularly excelling in cooperative play. Many reviewers compare it favorably to genre giants like Hades, often calling it 'Hades with multiplayer' due to similar mechanics and progression systems.	33%
Balanced and customizable difficulty Description The game features well-balanced and customizable difficulty, catering to both casual players and those seeking a hardcore challenge. Adjustable settings, varied enemies, and dynamic boss mechanics keep runs fresh and engaging. Importance 22%	The game features well-balanced and customizable difficulty, catering to both casual players and those seeking a hardcore challenge. Adjustable settings, varied enemies, and dynamic boss mechanics keep runs fresh and engaging.	22%
Polished and responsive combat Description Combat is highlighted as a major strength, described as polished, responsive, and impactful. The fluid movements, crisp hit feedback, and dynamic action create a highly satisfying fighting experience. Importance 17%	Combat is highlighted as a major strength, described as polished, responsive, and impactful. The fluid movements, crisp hit feedback, and dynamic action create a highly satisfying fighting experience.	17%
Strong post-launch content and support Description Developers are commended for their continuous support, frequent free updates, and substantial DLC content. These additions significantly expand the game's scope, adding new bosses, weapons, skills, and overall value. Importance 12%	Developers are commended for their continuous support, frequent free updates, and substantial DLC content. These additions significantly expand the game's scope, adding new bosses, weapons, skills, and overall value.	12%
Charming pixel art and visuals Description The game's visual presentation, particularly its pixel art style, receives high praise. Reviewers appreciate the charming, vibrant, and detailed animations, which contribute to a clear and appealing aesthetic. Importance 12%	The game's visual presentation, particularly its pixel art style, receives high praise. Reviewers appreciate the charming, vibrant, and detailed animations, which contribute to a clear and appealing aesthetic.	12%
Rewarding meta-progression and replayability Description The game boasts a rewarding meta-progression system where every run feels unique and contributes to overall player growth. This system, combined with constant unlocks, ensures high replayability and a continuous sense of advancement without feeling like a grind. Importance 11%	The game boasts a rewarding meta-progression system where every run feels unique and contributes to overall player growth. This system, combined with constant unlocks, ensures high replayability and a continuous sense of advancement without feeling like a grind.	11%
Intuitive and responsive controls Description Players find the controls intuitive and easy to learn, contributing to a smooth and stress-free gameplay experience. The simple yet responsive mechanics make the game accessible to newcomers while still offering depth. Importance 6%	Players find the controls intuitive and easy to learn, contributing to a smooth and stress-free gameplay experience. The simple yet responsive mechanics make the game accessible to newcomers while still offering depth.	6%