Corpse Keeper

Item: Corpse Keeper
Rating: 50
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-11

Summary

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 Description 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. Importance 50%	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 Description 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. Importance 36%	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 Description 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. Importance 36%	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 Description 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. Importance 32%	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 Description 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. Importance 31%	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 Description 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. Importance 28%	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 Description 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. Importance 26%	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 Description 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. Importance 9%	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 Description 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. Importance 7%	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 Description 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. Importance 3%	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 Description 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. Importance 3%	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 Description 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. Importance 3%	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%