Death Must Die

Item: Death Must Die
Rating: 87
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-23

Summary

Stunning art and visual design
Addictive gameplay and build variety
Combines elements from popular games
Variety, replayability, and engaging combat
Excessive and tedious grind
Inconsistent difficulty scaling

Categories

Roguelike RPG Bullet-hell Horde Shooter Character Progression Real-time Combat Exploration Build Crafting

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 68%
Unhelpful reviews: 32%
Protest reviews: 0%

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

Positive points: 2938
Negative points: 1741
Gameplay points: 542
Perf. points: 33
Rec. points: 921
Misc points: 150

Point	Description	Importance
Stunning art and visual design Description The game features phenomenal art and visual presentation, with a distinct pixel art style that is both detailed and easy to read. Character and enemy designs are impressive, and the overall aesthetic enhances the immersive experience. The game also features great voice acting and sound design. Importance 97%	The game features phenomenal art and visual presentation, with a distinct pixel art style that is both detailed and easy to read. Character and enemy designs are impressive, and the overall aesthetic enhances the immersive experience. The game also features great voice acting and sound design.	97%
Combines elements from popular games Description The game successfully blends elements from popular games like Vampire Survivors, Hades, and Diablo, creating a unique and enjoyable experience. It combines horde survival with ARPG-style gear drops and a Hades-like boon system. Many reviewers feel it improves upon the Vampire Survivors formula. Importance 50%	The game successfully blends elements from popular games like Vampire Survivors, Hades, and Diablo, creating a unique and enjoyable experience. It combines horde survival with ARPG-style gear drops and a Hades-like boon system. Many reviewers feel it improves upon the Vampire Survivors formula.	50%
Variety, replayability, and engaging combat Description The game offers a good variety of enemies, abilities, and characters, encouraging experimentation and strategic play. The randomness of levels, loot, and buffs adds excitement to each run, while the ability to customize difficulty enhances replayability. The game provides a satisfying sense of progression and continuous challenge. Importance 29%	The game offers a good variety of enemies, abilities, and characters, encouraging experimentation and strategic play. The randomness of levels, loot, and buffs adds excitement to each run, while the ability to customize difficulty enhances replayability. The game provides a satisfying sense of progression and continuous challenge.	29%
Unique character talent trees Description Each character features a unique talent tree, allowing for diverse builds and playstyles. This system encourages experimentation and provides a reason to play each class. The talent system is well-received and adds significant depth to character customization. Importance 26%	Each character features a unique talent tree, allowing for diverse builds and playstyles. This system encourages experimentation and provides a reason to play each class. The talent system is well-received and adds significant depth to character customization.	26%
Good for short play sessions Description The game is enjoyable for short play sessions and is easy to pick up and put down. It is available at a fair price and is good for killing time. The mechanics are simple and the game is not heavily luck-based. Importance 17%	The game is enjoyable for short play sessions and is easy to pick up and put down. It is available at a fair price and is good for killing time. The mechanics are simple and the game is not heavily luck-based.	17%
Addictive gameplay and build variety Description The game is highly addictive and provides a satisfying sense of progression, encouraging players to keep playing. The combination of character builds, god blessings, and gear creates numerous opportunities for experimentation and unique synergies. The game is described as a dopamine dispenser, providing a rewarding gameplay loop. Importance 12%	The game is highly addictive and provides a satisfying sense of progression, encouraging players to keep playing. The combination of character builds, god blessings, and gear creates numerous opportunities for experimentation and unique synergies. The game is described as a dopamine dispenser, providing a rewarding gameplay loop.	12%
Active and responsive developers Description The developers are very transparent and responsive to community feedback, consistently providing updates and quality of life improvements. They actively work on improving the game, including story expansions and balance adjustments. Community feedback plays an important role in the game's development. Importance 9%	The developers are very transparent and responsive to community feedback, consistently providing updates and quality of life improvements. They actively work on improving the game, including story expansions and balance adjustments. Community feedback plays an important role in the game's development.	9%