Starless Abyss

Item: Starless Abyss
Rating: 80
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-28

Summary

Addictive gameplay with excellent art and music.
Satisfying deckbuilding and card progression system.
Compelling Lovecraftian sci-fi theme enhances experience.
Balance issues require further addressing.
Poor translation quality detracts from experience.
Progression feels restricted and somewhat slow.

Reviews (sample size): 76
Helpful reviews: 92%
Unhelpful reviews: 8%
Protest reviews: 0%

80%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
20%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 157
Negative points: 88
Gameplay points: 32
Perf. points: 3
Rec. points: 47
Misc points: 9

Point	Description	Importance
Fun, addictive, and enjoyable gameplay Description The core gameplay loop is fun, addictive, and offers good value, making the game enjoyable for extended play sessions. The difficulty is well-balanced, providing a sense of accomplishment without being overly challenging. Runs are varied and fun. Importance 90%	The core gameplay loop is fun, addictive, and offers good value, making the game enjoyable for extended play sessions. The difficulty is well-balanced, providing a sense of accomplishment without being overly challenging. Runs are varied and fun.	90%
Excellent art, visuals, and music Description The game features stunning pixel art, amazing visuals, and a great soundtrack, contributing positively to the overall experience. The art style is appealing, with a unique flair and retro aesthetic. The Japanese font choice complements the game's atmosphere. Importance 76%	The game features stunning pixel art, amazing visuals, and a great soundtrack, contributing positively to the overall experience. The art style is appealing, with a unique flair and retro aesthetic. The Japanese font choice complements the game's atmosphere.	76%
Satisfying deckbuilding and card progression Description The game offers a well-made deckbuilding experience with a rich and diverse card pool. Cards and artifacts are unlocked frequently, providing a sense of progression and replayability. Forming a card deck is very satisfying. Importance 45%	The game offers a well-made deckbuilding experience with a rich and diverse card pool. Cards and artifacts are unlocked frequently, providing a sense of progression and replayability. Forming a card deck is very satisfying.	45%
Compelling Lovecraftian sci-fi theme Description The game's universe blends science fiction with Lovecraftian elements, creating a compelling theme. Attack types are re-contextualized as boons, adding a unique narrative layer to combat. The characters are well-written, creating genuine empathy. Importance 31%	The game's universe blends science fiction with Lovecraftian elements, creating a compelling theme. Attack types are re-contextualized as boons, adding a unique narrative layer to combat. The characters are well-written, creating genuine empathy.	31%
Responsive developers Description The developers are very responsive about bugs and issues, and were highly responsive to bug reports, suggestions, and questions during the testing phase. Importance 12%	The developers are very responsive about bugs and issues, and were highly responsive to bug reports, suggestions, and questions during the testing phase.	12%
Wreckage creates tactical gameplay Description Killing most enemies leaves behind wreckage that blocks movement and line of sight, adding a tactical element to combat. Importance 4%	Killing most enemies leaves behind wreckage that blocks movement and line of sight, adding a tactical element to combat.	4%
Unique commanders Description Commanders are unique, providing different gameplay experiences and increasing replayability. Importance 4%	Commanders are unique, providing different gameplay experiences and increasing replayability.	4%