Josh writes - "Now, don’t get me wrong; this is not meant as a verbal bashing of the game, because Runers is, at its core, a fun and addictive game with lots of variety contributing to its longevity, in spite of its tenuous use of the term “rogue-like” to refer to itself; it’s just a minor rant on my part on how games are quick to apply that label to their games, regardless of how rogue-like purists like myself would fume and go all crazy on them for blasphemies against the sacred definition of what constitutes a “rogue-like”. But I digress."
This dungeon crawler has character customization with 20 races and classes, 50 character traits, and 285 spells to create. You will explore a vast underground labyrinth and face fierce monsters and bosses. For 10 bucks, its worth a shot.
Mark Brenner: First of all, what is there not to like in a rogue-like dungeon crawling game? The internet is literally bursting with a thousand different “me-too!” clones of games in this genre, each looking to be the next biggest hit. If you don’t find one you like, well, there’s always another one! Some games pull of the rogue-like elements well, such as Rogue Legacy, and some fail horribly. How does “Runers” by Mastertronic fare? Read on, brave warrior!
Hardcore Games - The indie games market is presently awash with fantasy and science-fiction roguelikes. Such games are characterized by daunting difficulty curves, white-knuckle action, and open-ended exploration. Runers shares many of these qualities in common with its gaming peers, yet it diverges sharply in other respects.
