Quasimorph: End of Dream

Item: Quasimorph: End of Dream
Rating: 73
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-04

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Summary

Engaging, addictive gameplay with strong core mechanics
Successful extraction roguelike with challenging turn-based combat
Excellent art, graphics, sound, and music
Steep early game difficulty and punishing permadeath
Poor, unchangeable controls and frequent instant deaths
Ineffective melee combat and unvaried AI

Emotions

Satisfaction27%Frustration24%Excitement14%Disappointment10%Anticipation3%

Reviews (sample size): 134
Helpful reviews: 90%
Unhelpful reviews: 10%
Protest reviews: 0%

73%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
28%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 320
Negative points: 367
Gameplay points: 389
Perf. points: 1
Rec. points: 76
Misc points: 57

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging and Addictive Gameplay Description Players find the game highly engaging, addictive, and fun, often praising its challenging yet rewarding gameplay loop. Many hours of enjoyment are reported, with the game being considered a promising and worthwhile experience. Importance 99%	Players find the game highly engaging, addictive, and fun, often praising its challenging yet rewarding gameplay loop. Many hours of enjoyment are reported, with the game being considered a promising and worthwhile experience.	99%
Strong Core Mechanics Description The game's core mechanics, including its turn-based combat, roguelike elements, and unique features like quasimorphosis and extraction, are highly praised for being well-designed, fluid, and intuitive. Understanding these mechanics enhances the overall enjoyment. Importance 99%	The game's core mechanics, including its turn-based combat, roguelike elements, and unique features like quasimorphosis and extraction, are highly praised for being well-designed, fluid, and intuitive. Understanding these mechanics enhances the overall enjoyment.	99%
Excellent Art and Graphics Description The game's visual presentation, including its art style, graphics, and enemy designs, receives significant acclaim. The pixel art is particularly highlighted as charming, well-made, and stunning, contributing to an immersive world. Importance 17%	The game's visual presentation, including its art style, graphics, and enemy designs, receives significant acclaim. The pixel art is particularly highlighted as charming, well-made, and stunning, contributing to an immersive world.	17%
Powerful Shadow Blade Class Description The 'Shadow Blade' class is singled out as exceptionally strong, particularly for melee builds. Its high HP, increased melee damage, and ability to dominate chaotic battles make it a highly recommended and enjoyable playstyle. Importance 13%	The 'Shadow Blade' class is singled out as exceptionally strong, particularly for melee builds. Its high HP, increased melee damage, and ability to dominate chaotic battles make it a highly recommended and enjoyable playstyle.	13%
Successful Extraction Roguelike Description The game successfully delivers on its 'extraction roguelike' concept, drawing favorable comparisons to Escape from Tarkov while incorporating its own unique pixel art style and roguelike elements. Importance 12%	The game successfully delivers on its 'extraction roguelike' concept, drawing favorable comparisons to Escape from Tarkov while incorporating its own unique pixel art style and roguelike elements.	12%
Excellent Sound and Music Description The game's sound design, including its music and environmental sounds, is highly praised. The soundtrack is described as captivating, memorable, and adapting well to situations, enhancing immersion and drawing comparisons to Doom. Importance 11%	The game's sound design, including its music and environmental sounds, is highly praised. The soundtrack is described as captivating, memorable, and adapting well to situations, enhancing immersion and drawing comparisons to Doom.	11%
Impressive and Effective Demo Description The game's demo is highly effective, impressing players with its completeness and fun factor. It successfully convinces many to purchase the full game, indicating strong initial appeal. Importance 11%	The game's demo is highly effective, impressing players with its completeness and fun factor. It successfully convinces many to purchase the full game, indicating strong initial appeal.	11%
Strong Sci-Fi Atmosphere Description The game effectively captures a futuristic dystopian sci-fi atmosphere, drawing inspiration from titles like Doom, Quake, and Warhammer 40k while maintaining its unique identity. It's seen as a fresh take on the 'Tarkov-like' genre. Importance 9%	The game effectively captures a futuristic dystopian sci-fi atmosphere, drawing inspiration from titles like Doom, Quake, and Warhammer 40k while maintaining its unique identity. It's seen as a fresh take on the 'Tarkov-like' genre.	9%
Satisfying Gunplay Description The game's firearms are well-received, with players noting that guns feel distinct based on type and ammo. Specific weapons like the railgun and shotgun are highlighted for their satisfying feel and sound design. Importance 8%	The game's firearms are well-received, with players noting that guns feel distinct based on type and ammo. Specific weapons like the railgun and shotgun are highlighted for their satisfying feel and sound design.	8%
Railgun is Overpowered Description The railgun is noted as a crucial and powerful weapon, capable of one-shotting enemies and effectively defeating bosses, especially when exploiting elemental weaknesses. Importance 7%	The railgun is noted as a crucial and powerful weapon, capable of one-shotting enemies and effectively defeating bosses, especially when exploiting elemental weaknesses.	7%
Well-Paced Levels Description The game's level design and pacing are well-suited for shorter play sessions, allowing players to complete levels efficiently. Early game enemies are manageable with decent equipment. Importance 6%	The game's level design and pacing are well-suited for shorter play sessions, allowing players to complete levels efficiently. Early game enemies are manageable with decent equipment.	6%
Beneficial Cannibalism Mechanic Description The cannibalism mechanic is highlighted as a high-return, low-risk skill that boosts attack and critical rates with minimal HP loss, allowing players to 'eat people' for strategic advantage. Importance 5%	The cannibalism mechanic is highlighted as a high-return, low-risk skill that boosts attack and critical rates with minimal HP loss, allowing players to 'eat people' for strategic advantage.	5%
Unique and Innovative Description The game is seen as unique and innovative, venturing into areas that similar games have not explored, which contributes to its distinct identity. Importance 4%	The game is seen as unique and innovative, venturing into areas that similar games have not explored, which contributes to its distinct identity.	4%
Melee Build Resource Advantage Description Melee builds offer advantages in resource management, as they don't struggle with food and have more backpack space compared to gun builds, leading to fewer ammo/consumable concerns. Importance 4%	Melee builds offer advantages in resource management, as they don't struggle with food and have more backpack space compared to gun builds, leading to fewer ammo/consumable concerns.	4%
Complex and Difficult Description The game is perceived as complex due to its extensive itemization and challenging difficulty, drawing comparisons to other notoriously difficult games. Importance 4%	The game is perceived as complex due to its extensive itemization and challenging difficulty, drawing comparisons to other notoriously difficult games.	4%
Brutal Combat Description Combat is generally described as impactful and brutal, providing a satisfying experience for players. Importance 4%	Combat is generally described as impactful and brutal, providing a satisfying experience for players.	4%
Mixed Story Reception Description While some players desire a more profound story, others find the existing narrative to be emotional and deep, suggesting mixed reception on this front. Importance 3%	While some players desire a more profound story, others find the existing narrative to be emotional and deep, suggesting mixed reception on this front.	3%
Hades Team Benefits Description The Hades Reconnaissance Team offers significant advantages, including ease of leveling and powerful gun accuracy correction, benefiting various character builds. Importance 3%	The Hades Reconnaissance Team offers significant advantages, including ease of leveling and powerful gun accuracy correction, benefiting various character builds.	3%
Enjoyable Venus Experience Description The early experience on Venus is positive, with players finding the difficulty level to be moderate and enjoyable. Importance 2%	The early experience on Venus is positive, with players finding the difficulty level to be moderate and enjoyable.	2%
Steam Deck Compatibility Description The game offers excellent compatibility with the Steam Deck, providing a seamless plug-and-play experience with native resolution adaptation. Importance 2%	The game offers excellent compatibility with the Steam Deck, providing a seamless plug-and-play experience with native resolution adaptation.	2%

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