Billy’s Nightmare
Abilities & Items, based on child logic
Poison bullies with a pair of Stinky Socks, set creepy toys on fire with a
Magnifying Glass or make them step on some painful Pego Bricks!
And since all abilities use cooldowns instead of ammo, there’s no need
to save them for later.
Tons of unlockable outfits with unique playstyles
Dress up as a Pirate, wielding a flintlock pistol and a cutlass for
close-quarters combat. Or maybe dress up as a Magician and keep your
distance, while your deadly bunnies do the work for you. Every outfit in
Billy’s Nightmare starts with a unique primary ability and a more
powerful secondary ability.
Fast mounts for exploring
Since you can’t run very fast in a nightmare, every outfit in the game
comes with its own mount. As long as no nightmare creatures are around,
Billy can use his mount to travel faster.
Friendly combat pets
Fire-breathing dragons, snowball-throwing yetis and barking dogs. Find
the Pet Shop and adopt a friendly pet that will help Billy in his nightmare.
Game Discussion
Steam User 1
This is a genuinely great game with tons of creativity and polish. It really takes the concept and runs with it!
Steam User 0
Honestly, ive been loving this game, its pretty fun while being difficult, though i wish the co-op was online aswell, instead of just LAN, unless theres a way to convert them idk about
Steam User 0
1st look
This game is criminally unknown. Such a fun, unique game with humor.
2nd look
Obvious issues started to pop up after few runs:
- off-screen projectiles and enemies
- boss projectiles are way too quick
- weapons are thematically on point, but in effect not different enough and the abilities and passive items are just boring, 10% this and 10% that won't matter.
- no quick travel, in the sense of teleportation through map choice once map is cleared, like in Isaac or Dead Estate. These make the game feel dated, not helped by the graphics, which I personally find charming (but cluttered).
I expected a game that could be too easy, or childish, instead I got a game that is unfair and quickly get samey, since each room has 3 waves. 1 wave would be more than enough. There is no variation in the sense that your weapons remain the same throughout the run. The shops offer too little variation, and the items themselves aren't interesting.
It looked better. Overall, I would not recommend this game, only on deep discount, if you like roguelikes little variation, off camera kills and bosses with projectiles that are 3-4x quicker than Enter the Gungeon bosses. You cannot scale your damage, so fights last long, and despite the positives it was a real letdown.
1 dollar for the experience is fine, but I can see now why this game isn't more popular.
There are games with very few reviews that are just so good, and I am actively looking for them, to help them get more exposure. Sadly this one is not one of those gems.
3rd look:
It feels better once you unlock the silver outfits, and it seems there might be more and more items maybe, so the pool is bigger. 3 dollar is a good price point, if you can get it. Curious what the VIP area is (looked it up in the meantime, not worth bothering). Have not been able to beat the 3rd area so far, but this game has little variance between runs, and unless you are really good and manage to break the game consistently, which I have not seen anyone, then I would not recommend it. IF you are masochist, and like old-school arcade games, it is quite good in that regard. Everyone feels the same and you can improve your "score".
Steam User 0
A good Gungeon-esque or more like Wizard of Legend, difficulty spikes crazy and suffers from some visual clarity issues cause how dense and color rich the environments are, but definitely worth picking up if you're into the genre. The inclusion of mounts to get rid of the annoying part of these games which is backtracking is genius. Also the enemy design is pretty funny and creative.
Steam User 0
Decent, but decent with style and charm. Pretty well balanced, beautifully animated, and lots of items/outfit variety too.
Good roguelike!
Steam User 0
I love this game. I remember back when i used i watch every devlog, waiting for when the game would drop and now that i finally have it. It is even more fun then i thought it would be back when watching the progress of the game being developed. Fun game, thumbs up and recommend.
Steam User 1
Goated game
if u like the demo U will love this
better then enter the gungeon