SpellRogue

Item: SpellRogue
Rating: 77
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-25

Summary

Unique strategic dice-rolling gameplay.
High replayability due to build diversity.
Active development team, responsive to feedback.
Appealing graphics and user interface.
Lacks content variety and depth.
Poor localization quality.

Reviews (sample size): 434
Helpful reviews: 83%
Unhelpful reviews: 17%
Protest reviews: 0%

77%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
23%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 736
Negative points: 417
Gameplay points: 183
Perf. points: 9
Rec. points: 288
Misc points: 33

Point	Description	Importance
Unique, strategic dice-rolling gameplay Description The game offers a unique and engaging blend of deck-building and dice-rolling mechanics, setting it apart from other roguelikes like Slay the Spire. Players enjoy strategic depth and replayability due to the variety of viable builds, character options, and the ability to manipulate dice rolls, mitigating RNG. Importance 97%	The game offers a unique and engaging blend of deck-building and dice-rolling mechanics, setting it apart from other roguelikes like Slay the Spire. Players enjoy strategic depth and replayability due to the variety of viable builds, character options, and the ability to manipulate dice rolls, mitigating RNG.	97%
High replayability, build diversity Description The game features diverse characters, abilities, and upgrade paths, leading to a high degree of replayability and encouraging experimentation with different builds. Players can create powerful synergies and adapt their strategies each run. Importance 79%	The game features diverse characters, abilities, and upgrade paths, leading to a high degree of replayability and encouraging experimentation with different builds. Players can create powerful synergies and adapt their strategies each run.	79%
Active development, responsive developers Description The developers are actively maintaining and improving the game based on community feedback, with regular updates that add content, balance gameplay, and enhance the user experience. The game is polished, accessible, and shows clear signs of dedicated development. Importance 79%	The developers are actively maintaining and improving the game based on community feedback, with regular updates that add content, balance gameplay, and enhance the user experience. The game is polished, accessible, and shows clear signs of dedicated development.	79%
Appealing graphics and UI Description The game has appealing graphics, animations, and a cohesive art style that enhances the overall experience. The user interface is intuitive and well-designed. Importance 69%	The game has appealing graphics, animations, and a cohesive art style that enhances the overall experience. The user interface is intuitive and well-designed.	69%
Meaningful choices, strategic flexibility Description The game provides players with meaningful choices and flexibility through spell upgrades, artifacts, and consumables. Players can adapt their builds and strategies during runs, increasing their chances of survival and creating satisfying combinations. Importance 7%	The game provides players with meaningful choices and flexibility through spell upgrades, artifacts, and consumables. Players can adapt their builds and strategies during runs, increasing their chances of survival and creating satisfying combinations.	7%
Fun, relaxing, and addictive Description The game is described as fun, relaxing, and addictive, with a welcoming community. The reviewer has not encountered any bugs or annoying issues. Importance 6%	The game is described as fun, relaxing, and addictive, with a welcoming community. The reviewer has not encountered any bugs or annoying issues.	6%
Challenging, rewarding gameplay Description The game offers a challenging but rewarding experience, with the potential to create overpowered builds and overcome difficult enemies. The game is fun and engaging, with strategic depth that keeps players invested. Importance 4%	The game offers a challenging but rewarding experience, with the potential to create overpowered builds and overcome difficult enemies. The game is fun and engaging, with strategic depth that keeps players invested.	4%
Runs are short and engaging Description The game features runs that don’t feel like a huge time commitment. Runs feel like you're fine-tuning an engine that adapts to what the run offers. Importance 2%	The game features runs that don’t feel like a huge time commitment. Runs feel like you're fine-tuning an engine that adapts to what the run offers.	2%
Enjoyable mutation system Description The mutation and ascension systems are enjoyable, and the reviewer hopes for more mutations in the future. The reviewer enjoyed discovering increasingly strange and effective ways to achieve victory. Importance 2%	The mutation and ascension systems are enjoyable, and the reviewer hopes for more mutations in the future. The reviewer enjoyed discovering increasingly strange and effective ways to achieve victory.	2%