Starless Abyss review – Earth has fallen, and humanity’s last hope lies in the hands of the Proximae. This turn-based roguelike deck builder blends strategy with cosmic horror, challenging players to navigate the abyss and fight back against the encroaching eldritch forces.

Starless Abyss Review: Pros

• Decent graphics.
• 2.52GB download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Display settings – resolution and fullscreen.
• Effects settings – CRT filter, collect gameplay data, pixel font, faster animations, flash effects, and unlock all.
• The codes keep track of all Echoes, Factions, Ships, and Rituals you unlock in-game.
• Card battler roguelike gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups appear as you play with a tutorial-like first encounter.
• Excellent soundtrack.
• In-game cutscenes and character interactions.
• Button prompts show on screen.
• You play on a grid-based board.
• Clicking your ship and cars will show the area in which you can move or attack.
• Energy is needed to play cards, and this amount can change, but is always replenished each round.
• Heat is another currency, as it were, to play some cards, but this doesn’t replenish and instead is earned over time.
• The animations are really good, pure pixel porn actually.
• Horror portals will pop up on the board, and these tell you that an enemy will spawn out of them, so you need to be aware.
• Shortcut buttons and interactions show on screen for the menus and actions.
• Earn exp from runs and level up to get new ships, cards, and factions.
• You have a health bar, but you also have shields and can replenish it with cards.
• Each game or run is a new timeline.
• Five total characters to unlock and play as, they have unique stats and abilities amd play differently.
• I like that you can hover over your ship and see what enemies will be attacking you next round.
• Hover over enemy shops to see stats and attacks.
• End of battle rewards let you choose from cards, maybe add artifacts (buffs) to a ship, and coins.
• You control a couple of ships at a time, and they share energy but can move and attack independently.
• The presentation is really good and grabs your attention.
• The dice system is a unique one, it allows you to add dice rolls to choices in multiple-choice encounters to improve the chance percentage.
• Run-based and as so you get randomised rewards, enemy types, and encounters.
• You choose your own path through a run.
• The interface is that of a spaceship interface, as you move around systems, you will see in first person the traveling.
• The gameplay loop is addictive and fun, mostly due to how fast the game can be played.
• Find ships to buy new cards, upgrade cards, and buy new ships.
• Each ship has unique stats.
• Statsis is a bubble that will go on one of your ships when it takes so much damage it’s close to blowing up. This gives you a short window to try and survive.

Starless Abyss Review: Cons

• No actual graphics settings.
• You cannot remap the controls.
• The buttons are held down and not clicked, which can be annoying.
• No voice work, all text-based, so get to reading.
• It can be annoying to play multiple cards as you have to keep clicking on one, then deciding where to attack or heal, and after a few times, it gets a bit trying.
• The mouse cursor stays on screen even when using the controller.
• It didn’t always feel like the tutorials covered everything.
• Later games get so busy with so many moving parts that it can get overwhelming.

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Starless Abyss

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Developer: Konafa Games

Publisher: No More Robots

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