Gameplay: my personal favorite of card roguelikes i've played, instead of ""decks"" you get equipment and spell slots, which basically act as a restricted but more powerful deck in itself. i like that system infinitely more than slay the spire and others where you have to deal with card bloat and discarding for the sake of more hassle and more beginner confusion, and also leads to them feeling more like a card game than actual rpg. it's much easier to learn which means it's much easier to stick to and recommend to people, and is also the only one i've played where i felt like i could learn by myself without needing several guides on how to make a specific cryptic build to work without getting lucky and turbo op to curbstomp. (some of the boss and room gimmicks are kind of cryptic though). it's very fun in general, especially once you clear a light playthrough and get access to different starting items/modes, and you get enough items to have good variety early so even if you get fir...
Ring of Pain
- Release Date:
- Oct 15, 2020
- Developer:
- Twice Different, Simon Boxer
- Publisher:
- Humble Games
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac
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About the Game

Delve into randomly generated ring dungeons where encounters come to you!
Observe and plan your route. Will you go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? As you scavenge, fight and sneak to new encounters, the ring reacts to your actions.
Play as fast or slow as you like in this challenging, turn-based roguelike. Just be careful where you tread - You may find yourself ambushed, or worse...


See the outcome of your choices so you can focus on decisions.
Creatures broadcast their actions in a hostile environment, ready to erupt. Will you flee or find a way to use the dungeon against itself?
Positioning is key to survival. You can be quickly overwhelmed...
Observe the Ring and strategise.
Learn, adapt, or face demise.

Mimics offer you a choice for a price. Take what you can hold and build a combination of gear with passive powers.
Maybe you’ll be quick and evasive, with an acid soaked blade. Or maybe you’ll be a brute force juggernaut, or a fireborn damage sink with an affinity for explosions.
Buy your way to power or adapt with what you scavenge in these unforgiving depths.


Deep in the Ring of Pain you will discover new paths into the unknown. Places with new friends, powerful loot, and cryptic rhyming lore.
Find pleasant reprieve and howling terrors best left undisturbed.
The brave may be rewarded for their risk... or crushed by their ambition.
In darkness, careful where you tread.
What was unknown now fills with dread.
Ring of Pain launches Oct 15th with these features and more:
- 16 Core path dungeons plus 2 branching endings to test your final build.
- Medium and Hard modes to unlock for those who thrive on pain.
- A Daily Dungeon mode to unlock with 40+ puzzling modifiers.
- 25+ Special dungeons to detour through, filled with loot and strange encounters.
- 4 Environment regions with their own flavour of terror.
- 300+ items to unlock and combine in a 15 slot inventory.
- 50+ Creatures to learn and adapt to. Some friendly, some fierce...
- Responsive turn-based mechanics so you can play swiftly or strategically.
- Cryptic, poetic lore delivered in bite sized rhymes.
- A raw graphic art style inspired by Aphantasia.
- Cute frog friends.
- Pain and suffering.
Shadows cast a truth to see,
In darkness you can visit me.
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User Reviews
A neat little game, very addictive despite its simple mechanics. The only issue I have with it is the fact that coolest items are locked behind grindy achievements that are there just to torment you rather than testing you as a player. If that wasn't a factor, then the game would be a solid 9.5 out of 10, but otherwise it dropped the rating (in my eyes) to 7.5 out of 10. Still a solid game worth exploring. What the game does well: Combat, puzzles, balance between difficulties, artstyle (chef's kiss), music, atmosphere and immersion, boss mechanics, item balance across tiers, entertainment factor, replayability and enemy sfx. What the game does horribly: Daily challenges (some are inherently setting you on an impossible quest), Achievement grind. That's it! You read that right, only 2 downsides, which is mindblowingly amazing. P.S. If you're a casual player who doesn't want to sink hundreds of hours to unlock all items, I'd suggest achievement unlocker, because the most entertaining ...
this game is very good and i am very bad at it. I suspect if you're good at it it's even better. Play da game
It was quite surprising for the time, and playing it now still feels fresh and different enough from many roguelikes. The visuals are amazing. The random component plays a vital role, since given the limited choices at the beginning of each run, "strategizing" consists of adapting rather than guiding the progress towards a specific build. The negative aspect of this is that trying and retrying in the search for a favorable beginning seems unavoidable, and may require too much patience. I have happily gotten to both endings in normal mode, I doubt I will have the patience to progress until the end of hard mode.
Very good
I like it
Great game, Great story, I want more
Great game. Focused on picking up items to create a build and fighting enemies in a ring as you descend through the cycle.
System Requirements
Minimum
- OS *: Windows 8/10
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Some graphics issues on Windows 7. Compatible drivers for most graphics cards are only available on more recent OS.
FAQ
How much does Ring of Pain cost?
Ring of Pain costs $19.99.
What are the system requirements for Ring of Pain?
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 8/10 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Some graphics issues on Windows 7. Compatible drivers for most graphics cards are only available on more recent OS.
What platforms is Ring of Pain available on?
Ring of Pain is available on Windows PC, macOS.
Is Ring of Pain worth buying?
Ring of Pain has 87% positive reviews from 30 players.
When was Ring of Pain released?
Ring of Pain was released on Oct 15, 2020.
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