Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “DEATHMOON” playtest version. A brutal first-person roguelike shooter with fluid combat, responsive movement, and endless build possibilities.
What happens when you take the item synergy obsession of The Binding of Isaac, transplant it into the twitchy first-person carnage of a boomer shooter, and set the whole thing inside an underground moon complex full of things that want you permanently dead? DEATHMOON happens, and it plays exactly as unhinged as that pitch suggests. Developer corrox has built a roguelike FPS where the gun in your hand is only the starting point – every weapon you scavenge can be twisted with blessings, curses, or both simultaneously, creating an ever-shifting arsenal where a blessed shotgun and a cursed railgun occupying the same loadout can produce wildly different run identities. The movement is tight, fluid, and unapologetically old-school in that Quake-era way where momentum and spatial awareness keep you alive far more than any health pickup ever could, and when the movement fails you, there’s always the option to just punch your way through whatever’s trying to eat you. Procedurally generated rooms ensure no two descents through the moon’s layers play the same, while boss encounters at the end of each layer serve as brutal skill checks that respect neither your time nor your feelings. And then, after the carnage, you can go fishing to replenish your sanity – because apparently even lunar death complexes need a breather mechanic. With 30-plus items layering on top of 19 weapon modifiers across 7 weapons, the build permutations are the kind of thing that’ll have you theorycrafting between runs, and the playtest is live right now for anyone brave enough to descend.
Developer: corrox
Publisher: corrox
Genre: Action, First Person Shooter, Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Boomer Shooter, Pixel Graphics, Indie
Release Date: Coming soon
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows
Link: Steam
Review copy was playtest.
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