Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Grim Trials” demo version. Prove your worth. Hack and blast your way through the Grim Trials. Explore the (after)life of the Academy – a training ground for aspiring Grim Reapers. Befriend fellow Reapers, learn from your mentors, and uncover the secrets of your life and love before your death.
Grim Trials conjures a heavy metal-fueled journey through the afterlife where every clash feels like a battle for redemption. Set in a grim academy for aspiring Reapers, players embody Avelin, wielding both scythe and crossbow in a fluid dance of death and craftsmanship. The roguelite design intertwines intense combat with a unique crafting system, challenging players to forge weapons and potions from raw materials scavenged amidst cursed trials. The atmosphere crackles with pounding riffs and a dark narrative of reckoning with personal sins embodied by fearsome bosses, creating a visceral experience that blends relentless action with meaningful progression and customization, all wrapped in a strikingly vivid, though sometimes chaotic, visual palette.
Developer: Glory Jam
Publisher: Soft Source, Neon Doctrine
Genre: Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Hack and Slash, Dungeon Crawler, Indie
Release Date: To be announced
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows
Link: Steam
Review copy was demo.
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