Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Cursed Blood”. Cursed Blood is a brutal 1-4 player co-op melee roguelike. Play as vengeful Samurai Apes fueled by rage, unleashing a whirlwind of lightning-fast combat. Spill blood, sever limbs, and claim your vengeance!
David Marquardt Studios’ Cursed Blood throws you headfirst into a “bloodpunk samurai” world that has no business being as cool as it is – a 1-4 player co-op melee roguelike where vengeful katana-wielding apes hunt the mafia that desecrated their sacred Shrine of Vermillion, delivering retribution through lightning-fast combat, severed limbs, and walls painted red. The combat is the obvious centerpiece: dash, deflect, and dismember your way through procedurally generated levels with chained takedowns, charged slashes, and devastating finishers, healing yourself by literally drinking enemy blood while ripping firearms from defeated foes to turn their own ammo against them before hurling the empty gun aside and splitting them in half with a charged katana strike. The bloodpunk world fuses industrial-era machinery with forbidden blood-powered technology, while Blood Orbs collected from chests, bosses, and hidden loot unlock new katanas and gear tied to World Mutations that fundamentally twist the rules of every run. Seamless online and local co-op support means you can mix couch warriors and distant friends in the same blood-soaked session, mutating bosses keep encounters mechanically fresh, and the overall package looks like exactly the kind of stylish, mechanically deep co-op action roguelike that fans of the genre have been waiting for – the kind of game that demands you grab three friends and a couple of energy drinks and just commit to the carnage.
Developer: David Marquardt Studios
Publisher: David Marquardt Studios
Genre: Action, Roguelike, Hack and Slash, Ninja, Indie
Release Date: 2 Apr, 2026
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows
Link: Steam
Review copy was provided.
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