Ziggurat
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots! Ziggurat is the best combination of First Person Shooter and Rogue-LITE you have ever seen. Become a neophyte sorcerer, and get ready for your rite of passage: Enter the labyrinth and face dangerous challenges to prove your worth and become a powerful wizard! The game focuses on fast-paced first person shooting, with an old-school vibe, and updated handling and game mechanics. Dungeon crawling and RPG/Roguelike elements are added into the mix, resulting in a fun, challenging and varied game, with lots of content to discover. Fight almighty bosses, get through rooms filled with traps, and treasures that may help you in your journey… Each game is a whole new experience!
Steam User 7
For what it gives (and when it was developed) it does things fairly well. It's a 1-and-done dungeon crawling magic-combat simulator.
The one thing I really didn't like about it was that you can't keep going after dying - you essentially restart and keep stuff you accumulated along the way. 1 Life is basically all you get. Additionally, it's extremely light on character development, as the only changes you can make are cards (abilities) at level-up time.
If you're looking for something simple and shooty, this might scratch the itch. It didn't do it for me after a couple of runs, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily bad. A light price point means it won't hit the wallet hard even if it isn't for you. You can easily find that out within the 2 hour refund limit.
Steam User 11
One of the first roguelike games I remember playing on steam.
Offers solid progression, replayability and dungeon crawling experience. It's very easy to get into, while at the same time offering enough complexity to keep things interesting.
My main critisism would be the silly enemies and bosses like carrots, come on, you're supposably entering a legendary tower of magic, that existed for thousands of years and no one made it out alive...
All in all an easy recommendation. A timeless roguelike experience for fans of the genre!
Steam User 5
Not really my kind of game, but it's shadow wizard money gameplay so it's ok
Steam User 5
Like a blast of fetid air direct from the tomb of the past. Either relive, or experience for the first time, the thrill of the dawn of FPS games, told in the voice of the modern.
Quick pick-up put-down game. At the time I wrote this I was at 79 hours, defo worth every cent.
Steam User 1
A smooth fantasy FPS game.
Steam User 1
This is a very good, if not one of the best FPS roguelite dungeon crawlers out there.
I highly recommend watching TotalBiscuit's 'WTF Is...' video on it(a 15 minute first-impressions review) if you want to get an understanding of what the game is about, what mechanics there are and what the game-play is like.
One thing that I find highly deplorable by the devs is that at the start of this year, 2023, they increased the price of the game by 65%. It is nearing 10 years old and they suddenly increase the price by 65%... okay...
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Steam User 1
This is an enjoyable fps rogue-lite, providing incremental bonuses/gains each run to improve and ease your progress.
However this never sat as a consistent game for me personally irrespective of enjoying what it provided. I'd still recommend it either way, preferably on sale. It's certainly enjoyable and playable on a low-end system too.