66%Strong matchSkul: The Hero Slayer
93%50k93% positive reviews, Very Positive across 50k reviews·Action Roguelike · Pixel Graphics
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A auto battle reverse bullet hell. In Slay The Hero you choose your units and then send them out against the hero to destroy them. A variety of units will be at your disposal to slay the hero.
Slay The Hero
SteamSlay The Hero reverses the bullet hell formula and gives the player the power to spawn a variety of units to swarm the hero and destroy them. The game encompasses three game modes with a variety of maps to play on allowing the player to experiment with all the different types of units.
Survival mode
In this mode you must kill all heroes within the time limit of 15 minutes.
Waves
In waves you will have 30 waves lasting 30 seconds each. The hero or heroes depending on the difficulty will level up at the end of each wave. Kill them all before wave 30!
Endless
Play forever. Every time you kill a hero they will respawn with an additional hero.
Player can set the difficulty for each game mode. Difficulty is based on hero count.
For extra fun or challenge the player can choose to level up the hero at any time no matter the game mode they are playing in.
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