Katanaut

With light-speed combat, oodles of customisation, and slick presentation, this is one of those “just one more run” games that will consume all your time before you realise it.

Katanaut throws you into a cosmic bloodbath where every swing of your blade feels both desperate and exhilarating. It’s punishing, stylish, and a little grindy, but alongside Dunjungle, it’s one of the more gripping action roguelites out there.

Katanaut is an action roguelite that focuses heavily on the katana: quick and brutal slashes deliver great impact, with the ability to reload your firearm only by striking in melee, creating an aggressive and satisfying gameplay cycle. Melee weapons are complemented by laser rifles, railguns, and grenade launchers that diversify the runs. The extensive perk and power-up system offers spectacular synergies, but some cooldowns are too short, making certain builds overly powerful. The experience is penalized by procedural generation, which offers linear corridors or empty areas, aggravated by enemy AI. Visually polished, it's fun but remains imperfect.

Katanaut is a perfectly fun but ultimately rather forgettable Dead Cells-style title. It's perfectly competent at what it sets out to do, and the strong presentation goes a long way, but at the end of the day, it doesn't manage to carve out its own identity. It's absolutely worth a shot if you're burned out on similar games, but don't expect quite as much replay value.

Katanaut is fast-paced, good-looking, and pretty fun despite its overall sci-fi horror tone.

Katanaut is a stylish, bloody, and fast-paced roguelike with a strong identity and straightforward mechanics. While its visual and audio flair excites, the game can feel held back by readability issues and an adherence to the Metroidvania format, which emphasizes backtracking in a game that otherwise wants to feel fast.

Katanaut delivers a stylish cosmic horror atmosphere and hints at an intriguing story inside a space station full of mutated horrors, but those elements never get enough room to grow thanks to the game’s relentless, fast-paced combat. While swordplay and gunfights are satisfying, the speed and constant action kill any sense of tension or dread that the setting tries to build. Players looking for scares or deeper lore may wish the game was slowed down to explore its world, but fans of quick, action-heavy roguelikes will find the mechanics solid and replayable. It’s a technically impressive indie with promise, though its horror gets overshadowed by non-stop adrenaline, making it a slightly above average experience in general.

I think it wants to copy Dead Cells (bad idea) and Katana Zero (wise idea), except it's really spastic with its basic movements and attacks. Dead Cells was pretty boring and style-over-substance to me, so this game is even more unappealing since there's genuinely no investment in the character or world at the outset.

Why do indie developers decide to make horrible game design choices like stamina for swinging a sword? Or limited bullets? Of life bars on these enemies? Makes the game unplayable and annoying. Glad they gave a demo because not getting my sale.

Una basura horriblemente diseñada. Gráficamente es un desastre que daña los ojos. Hay opciones mas económicas y 1000 veces mejores.