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.

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!

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

Steam Deck: Fully playable. The only issue encountered was that the first time I loaded it up the A/B and X/Y buttons were swapped.
This is a decent, if a bit uninspired, platformer. A bit on the easier side (I never even bought magic until after I had already beaten the final boss), but fine. I think my biggest complaints are that the bosses can be repetitive hit sponges (with only 1 pattern each), and the money distribution is a bit unbalanced (the first level tends to be the fastest to grind money, which is the opposite of how it should be). If it looks like your type of game go ahead and give it a try. You could do a lot worse.

All of the Sword & Bones games are fun and worth the price.