As you defeat these creatures youвЂ™ll be rewarded with weapons and gear to equip for combat, resources to take back to camp (more on that later), as well as the aforementioned cards. Initially the loop will be populated by a handful of slime. These mystical cards are earned by defeating enemies in combat. Instead, your job, in a sort of dungeon master role, is to play cards to place enemies, buildings and terrain around the loop for the hero to encounter, visit and benefit from as they march repeatedly around the path. You wonвЂ™t actually control the hero this is where the auto-battler portion of the game comes in. To accomplish this, youвЂ™ll embark on an expedition along a randomly generated, looping path engulfed in darkness. вЂњThe Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos.вЂќ So goes the premise of Loop Hero, as you play a brave hero tasked with defeating this devious guardian and restoring balance to the once thriving earth. Devolver Digital has a knack for finding hidden gems and Loop Hero is no exception.

Many who played the demo called Loop Hero one of the best-in-show, so I jumped at the opportunity to check the game out for myself and IвЂ™m glad I did. Truth be told, I didnвЂ™t know the first thing about Loop Hero until about a month ago, when a demo dropped during the Steam Game Festival.

If it sounds like a mouthful, thatвЂ™s because it is. Loop Hero, from Russian developer Four Quarters and indie publisher Devolver Digital, is a roguelike, tile-based, strategy RPG that fuses elements of auto battlers, deck building, and base management.

Loop hero tile combos