PC Critic Reviews

Fogpiercer offers a unique take on the deck-building roguelite genre, with a focus on understanding how your cards can be used together against a challenging but fair array of enemies. Progression is limited, and the storyline is close to non-existent, but the gameplay is its saving grace.

Fogpiercer has a unique take on the card-driven combat genre, with its physical battlefield and environmental dangers, and creates complex, difficult combat scenarios. It takes careful planning and some luck to deal with its tactical challenges, but the title gives players a variety of tools as they choose cards, modules, and mods. Frustration can set in when gamers engage the bosses and the significant escorts they bring in. The meta-progression system is relatively slow, and getting a new run going without having any new content to work with can be frustrating. Fogpiercer is designed to appeal to gamers who love both tactical combat and card games, but its relatively dry approach will make it harder for non-fans to engage with it in the long term.

Mad Cookies Studio’s roguelike deckbuilder has great bones, but ultimately lacks meat. With some additional post-launch content and a negotiation between two splintered halves, Fogpiercer could fulfil its potential. But for now, riding this particular line will appeal mostly to deckbuilder fans and train enthusiasts.

A clever tactical puzzle that stands out even in a misty landscape of games much like it, Fogpiercer earns the attention of even seasoned deckbuilder.

Fogpiercer is a fun roguelike deck builder with a unique “battle train premise,” but its core gameplay loop quickly becomes repetitive. A little more content, especially explorations of the game’s narrative or characters, could have greatly helped with this problem; but even so, the game still manages to be a fairly fun title with a focus on positional strategy.

It is undoubtedly an original game. It features a unique concept that could work brilliantly with a few tweaks and some better balancing. However, in its current state, the game is quite unbalanced: the difficulty level is sometimes so high that it is disheartening, and new elements are unlocked very slowly. If the frustration doesn't get to you first, the repetitive nature of the opening hours might.