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84%36284% positive reviews, Very Positive across 362 reviews·First-Person · Action Roguelike
—Think you have quick reflexes? Put them to the ultimate test as you dodge and parry relentless enemy attacks. Unlock weapons with unique skill trees and play styles. Master multiple weapons and create your own unique build every run, only the fastest and sharpest will survive!

In this fast-paced action game you dodge and parry enemy attacks with your cursor. You can generate resources on the board by parrying their attacks. The resources all have different abilities to help you defeat the enemies.
The game is hard and to succeed you will need good reflex and familiarity with the enemies' skills and attack patterns.
You've been warned, good luck!

Unlock different characters and their unique weapons. Every weapon has their distinct play style and skill tree.

Over 100 unlockable skills for you to discover and combine. Adapt to your situation and create your own unique build every run.

Weapons will have different resources (block types) that can help you defeat the enemies. You will also come across special blocks throughout each run, these could be chests, companions, environmental, buff and de-buffs.
All enemies have their own set of skills and attack patterns that appear on the board as

. You need to parry their attacks to generate resources that will help you defeat the enemy.
A regular parry will trigger the cooldown, but when you perform the parry near the very end of an attack it is a perfect parry. these will not consume a charge. Timing enemy attack patterns to chain perfect parries will be the key to success.

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