Games Like HAMSTER: CLAW

A tiny hamster, a giant tree

HAMSTER: CLAW is a single-player hack-and-slash action RPG. Battle insect swarms, grow your elemental skills, and build your hamster with weapons, loot, and runes. Hamster and Bori had the sweetest little life together. Then one day, while they were out playing, an eagle owl swooped in and carried Bori off to its nest at the top of a giant tree. The hamster didn't hesitate. Roots, damp fungus caves, the hollow heartwood, a hive, the canopy: fifty floors stand between them.

Combat and growing skills

204 weapon skills to combine

Freeze enemies before shattering them, or stack poison and burst it all at once. With 204 weapon skills, there are plenty of combinations to try. Below: a skill on its own on the left, and a combo on the right.

Mix elements with runes

Some runes add another element to your weapon's skills. Here, a fire rune adds burns and Overload explosions to a lightning weapon. Both sides use the same weapon and skills; the right side has the rune equipped.

Loot and the workshop

The human world, seen from down here

Bottle caps, clothespins, a toppled glass bottle, an old hamster wheel. At this size, the things people threw away become shelters, bridges and puzzles. Each floor has a small optional story built around one of them, with a reward if you stop to help.