Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “MINOS”. Minos is a maze-building roguelite where you, the fabled Minotaur, must defend your sanctuary from bloodthirsty adventurers. Design and re-design deadly labyrinths, set traps, and turn every brave fool into your next victim.
Few premises have aged as gracefully as “what if you were the monster?”, and MINOS from Polish studio Artificer (under the ever-reliable Devolver Digital banner) finally takes that pitch to its natural home: the Labyrinth itself. Cast as the fabled Minotaur defending his sanctuary against the usual rabble of glory-hungry adventurers, you spend each run dragging walls, corridors, gates, and ever-nastier traps into place, then chaining pressure-plate cascades that turn a hero’s first triumphant step into a magnificently funny disaster. It plays like Dungeon Keeper got a tidy strategy haircut and went on a long weekend with Orcs Must Die!, all wrapped in stylised 3D presentation and a knotty mythological retelling that asks who, exactly, deserves to walk out when Theseus finally darkens the threshold. With a Very Positive reception, a free demo, and that classic Devolver instinct for indie gems that overstay their welcome in your evenings, this is one of those small wonders the Steam algorithm is going to keep shoving in your face for a reason.
Developer: Artificer
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Genre: Action, Tower Defense, Puzzle, Base Building, Roguelite, Strategy, Indie
Release Date: 9 Apr, 2026
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows
Link: Steam
Review copy was provided.
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