Corpse Keeper
Last updated: 2025-05-11
- Engaging combat with a high skill-ceiling.
- Unique dark aesthetic and diverse characters.
- Rewarding permanent progression system.
- Unfair enemy advantages and poor balance.
- Poor UI and unintuitive design.
- Excessive grinding and poor resource management.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 243
- Helpful reviews
- 83%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 16%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 50%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 50%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 304
- Negative points
- 607
- Gameplay points
- 217
- Perf. points
- 9
- Rec. points
- 142
- Misc points
- 26
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging, deep, and satisfying combat | The combat system is a major highlight, drawing comparisons to Sekiro and Souls-like games. Players praise its depth, responsiveness, and the satisfaction derived from parrying, dodging, and executing special moves. The hit feedback and animations contribute to the visceral and engaging nature of the combat. | 50% |
| Unique and stylish dark aesthetic | The game boasts a distinctive dark fantasy art style, often described as unique and stylish. The visual presentation complements the gameplay and atmosphere, creating an immersive experience for players. | 36% |
| Diverse characters with unique combat | The game features a diverse roster of characters (corpses) each with unique attack patterns and combat styles. Players enjoy collecting bones to create and customize these characters, adding a monster-collecting element and encouraging strategic combat to exploit enemy weaknesses. | 36% |
| Fair difficulty with high skill-ceiling | The game balances challenge and accessibility, requiring practice but not being overly difficult. The posture system, similar to Sekiro, rewards skilled players who can master the mechanics and minimize damage. | 32% |
| Rewarding permanent progression system | The game incorporates roguelike elements with a forgiving permanent upgrade system. This allows players to carry over progress between runs, encouraging strategic resource management and diverse strategies across multiple playthroughs. | 31% |
| Randomized skills enhance replayability | Randomized skill assignments and deck-like building of character movesets add depth and replayability. Unlocking random action modules after combat offers new combat experiences and makes each character feel unique. | 28% |
| Addictive and satisfying forging | The '打铁' (smithing) or forging aspect of the game is very satisfying and addictive. This core gameplay loop provides a sense of progression and accomplishment. | 26% |
| Generally enjoyable and fun | These clusters express general positive sentiments without specific details. While the game is considered enjoyable and fun, the lack of concrete feedback reduces the importance score. | 9% |
| Specific gameplay tips and builds | These clusters provide specific gameplay tips and highlight effective character builds. While potentially useful, the subjective nature and limited scope of these points reduce their overall importance. | 7% |
| Shows potential, solid foundation | These clusters express general sentiments about the game's potential and solid foundation. While positive, the lack of specific details and actionable feedback reduces their importance. | 3% |
| Inconsistent opinions on difficulty | This cluster expresses mixed opinions on the game's difficulty, with some finding it challenging and others not as hard as expected. The lack of consensus and specific details reduces the importance score. | 3% |
| Good value, especially on sale | Several reviewers mention the game being a great value, especially when purchased on sale or during a Kickstarter campaign. This suggests a positive perception of the game's quality relative to its price. | 3% |