I rarely leave reviews but this is one of the most fun, challenging and replayable games I have ever played and i cound not recommend playing this game enough. it is a master piece.

If Slay the Spire and Into the Breach had a child on a 2D plane, it would be this game. Even though at first people may think Darkest Dungeon, it's far from it. Like StS, you can see your opponents actions and react with tiles. Unlike StS, your hand is always the same as you build your "deck", which are called tiles in this game, although every action has cooldowns.

Where it becomes a little bit like Into the Breach (And that may be a bad example since the way the turn goes, its 1 action for you, 1 action for the enemy) is that where you move actually matters.

I appreciate the variety of the characters available (So far, 4) which each have their own playstyle.

I also appreciate that skill is far more of a factor than luck when playing this game. Sure, some games you draft tiles that just work very cohesively where you're just obliterating the game.

The difficulty balance I think is just right, although I've just unlocked Day 2 (the 2nd tier) with all the characters just now. Each complete run is about 30-45 min but it's addicting.

What impresses me most is that this is in EA. I paid $10 for it and it's been worth it so far. I'm hoping the dev adds more characters and playstyles, more tiles, etc etc. More content really. The core of the game is more or less completely playable. Some minor bugs that I encountered but nothing gamebreaking.

There could be some better balance on tiles as some of them just have a too long natural cooldown to be effective. And some get ridiculously overpowered once you stack the right buffs.

Lot of fun. Fans of Into the Breach will like this, though I don't praise it quite so highly as ITB.
Still, it manages to both be a satisfying tactics puzzler, but also does justice to its theme. It's turn based, but in a way where every turn feels like but a second in time of a Wuxia showdown in slow motion. You feel like a badass performing these combos. Now, I will say it started to feel kinda samey after about 20-30 hours, but they were hours well spent, and it's still got me coming back for the new update. The character model spritework is fine, but the backgrounds are gorgeous pixel art and the music is awesome.

Plays great on Steamdeck. The game was clearly designed for Mouse and Keyboard, but it plays well on controller still