Path of Achra

I had to uninstall this game to get anything done. I'm not proud to admit that the nearly 20 hours I've sunk into this game (at this time of writing) happened across only two weekdays. I have a day job mind you. Don't ask me how that math works, but I can promise it didn't involve much sleep. Build variety is deceptively complex yet absurdly simple to understand. I haven't gotten hooked so quickly and intensely on anything since cocaine. Keep this game away from me.

Hyper-streamlined traditional roguelike that dares to ask if a run could be finished in about an hour instead of *many hours*. Mostly about making and figuring out busted, overpowered builds in short, contained bursts. I recommend it.

This game is an amazing fever dream of gore, fire, summoning and death. Under the hood it is a "not-so-complicated" trigger builder - build builder, if you will, but if you play for a while, you may find yourself captivated by all the possibilities and synergies with items, classes, gods and so on. You start with a small selection of options during your first few runs, but the rest is very quickly unlocked. The difficulty can be progressively boosted after you beat the previous one - this forces you to optimize your builds and tactics - this stimulates me greatly. Overall, the amount of satisfaction you can get when you finally get your naked ape axeman who can turn into a dragon running cannot be expressed by words. You will fail more times than you can count, sometimes due to your own hubris, sometimes due to some bullshit goddamn passive ability of an enemy you learned to ignore on lower difficulties. Buy and try to walk the dusty Path, Struggler.

Path of Achra is a standout entry in the ever-growing field of roguelike RPGs, presenting a game that embraces simplicity in interface and visuals while offering an astoundingly deep and flexible build system. The game wastes no time with conventional story exposition—instead, it drops the player into a mythic, crumbling world filled with cryptic titles, ancient ruins, and relentless enemies. You move forward, level by level, toward the mysterious Obelisk, carving a unique path through violence, transformation, and divine influence. The experience is unapologetically systems-driven, with an emphasis on creating wild synergies, experimenting with layered effects, and manipulating a finely tuned engine of destruction through careful planning or sheer creative chaos. What immediately sets Path of Achra apart is its trio-based character creation system. Rather than simply selecting a class, players combine a culture, a class, and a god—each of which brings its own set of stats, passiv...

This game is, without exaggerating, something that changed my perspective on the world, myself, and how we think. Play it and remember to take your time. It's about a journey rather than a destination.

If any of the people who made the Berlin Definition of Roguelikes saw this game they would have a heart attack

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This game rules. It's simple to play yet provides plenty of depth and complexity. All the various Cultures, Classes, Religions, Skills, Equipment (or lack thereof, as some builds prioritize empty equipment slots) and Prestige Classes provide tons and tons of combinations and replay value. The sheer amount of brokenness one can achieve is staggering. I've experienced quite a few moments of pure elation as I've watched my character melt waves of enemies like they are butter before a hot knife. Death also feels fun, as it teaches the player what doesn't work, or where further refinement of a viable build might be applied. The static and transparent nature of your equipment pool makes RNG much less of an issue here than it is in many other rogue-likes, which greatly cuts down on potential frustration factor. (It is still possible to get less-than-optimal gear choices for a build one might be running, but chances are you're going to find something that still works for your current playthr...

More like Path of Autism. Also the man in the title art looks like he has stubby little arms and it makes me laugh.