Swords & Bones

A simple game that plays like an old game and has a few faults of an old game, but I like it. It is meant to be that way and I like the charm and artstyle.
The music is also well made and fits the style of game.
It is a ghosts and goblins type of game, but because of the short level segments and no lives, makes it much easier and fun to play through!
You should farm some coins for items at first, to get some of the very essential basic abilities, but you could get all of them by simply farming in the first level if you wanted.
It is challenging, but fair and I enjoyed playing through it, though it is short. It is cheap too though, and if you like it, you can always purchase the sequels, as there are multiple games with the same concept! Not much to say about it, just a nice little throwback!

Came across this and after reading the reviews thought I would give it a chance, glad I did. Started playing it and before I knew it an hour went by. Keyboard and controller friendly, retro style, unlimited continues, all around great game. Two thumbs up.

This is a cute indie amalgam of Castlevania and Ghosts and Gobins... just extremely easy. I would say it's kind of a gem because it definitely captures the feel of an SNES Capcom game, but the graphics are a little goofy at times and there's no real challenge. There is an overworld where you can select stages. Every stage has a goblet that you need to collect to unlock the true ending. There's a shop that sells spells, new abilities, keys and other times you need to finish your quest. It's altogether well done, though I never had to change tactics once because the game was so easy. I killed almost every boss on my first try, including the final boss.
The achievements are all just toward getting the true ending and buying all the items, so there's nothing challenging about this game at all. The combat is fun and there are a couple tricky parts, but since I'm used to playing real Castlevanias and similar titles I expect the game to be unfair and this one is perhaps too fair. It's for that reason I can't say it's my favorite, but I did really have fun with it and think it's definitely worth playing if you like linear hack and slash platformers. There are no profile features enabled for some reason so even though the achievements work they don't show on Steam profile.

Reminds me of Ghosts and Goblins. About 3 hours to complete the game. I would guess another hour to collect the final achievements, though I probably won't bother. Unlikely to replay, but worth the small amount I paid for it.

yup, another solid title from this dev. It's not a quick blast through, they know what they're doing, so levels rely on repetition to get through. Happily the vast majority is level access and all levels have a simple replay button.
I see some comments about grinding for coin. Well I got more than I needed to, so I'd say you could finish this in less time than I gave it. But at the end of the day, how long I spend is how much value I got from it.
I did not pay full price, so that was well worth it. I got a couple of sequels at the same time, which I will definitely play.
I'm sure the last two will hit a sale at some point and I'll pick 'em up - pretty much sold on whatever SEEP do... it works

fun little retro style game i beat on XBOX and now im working on the same here and going for part 2 after that good time for a fun evening of semi light gaming!

Wicked fun game, awesome to play