The Slormancer

Reasons to buy The Slormancer:
You like ARPGs and grinding for loot.
QoL built in that you don't have to beg the devs for for months or years after release.
Single player with no live service gimmicks to goad you into playing.
Variety of ways to build your character
Multiple end game modes already in game with more coming with full release.
Regular updates from Devs during the EA process.

Reasons not to buy The Slormancer:
You hate fun games.

The game starts slow cause you're pretty weak but once you start leveling and crafting it feels really nice to play. My only big gripe is with the controller settings because it's kind of annoying not being able to search in the ancestral skill page. Or it's hard to hover over certain things.

For example, there's no clear way to check(or maybe I missed it), what effects you're under when in combat. On steam deck at least I can use the screen to click on them but it's inconvenient and I end up firing skills instead. Or the most annoying is there's no way for me to assign the last ancestral skill on controller, so I end up being locked out and can only use 3 ancestral skills in combat or have to sacrifice one button in order to use all four.

Or, why am I able to upgrade skills in the ancestral skill page with controller buttons X and Y but can't do the same with my class skills and need to do so manually with the joystick?

I really like the game but I hope these pain points are resolved in 1.0 release.

Silly humor, fun to test out different builds. 10/10 would drink protein shake.

in the worked meeting straight up mancing it. and by "it" haha well, let's justr say, my slorm

this game has the potential to be one of the best arpg if they do enough updates

It's like the developers compiled a list of every quality-of-life and character progression feature ever requested by everyone who's played a dungeon-crawling action RPG and faithfully executed them into this delightful experience.

Highlighting loot, character respecs, tight controls, swapping classes, innumerable skills combinations, myriad reapers with different effects. I can see myself playing this game for a long time.

I am looking forward to the full release of this game.

Some minor feedback for the developers that I'm sure they're already aware of but would just like to highlight: I think certain aspects of the user interface could be better tutorialized for brand new players, I found it a bit tricky to get a grip on where my goldus count was. It also took an hour or two of playing to understand that my slorm wasn't the same thing as regular experience for progressing character level. As well, I do wish the stash were unlocked a bit sooner.

Since the developers appear to take QOL so seriously: It would be great to be able to save loadouts, given the high volume of different build possibilities. In addition, if there is a way to easily drop gear other than clicking and dragging to the trashcan icon, I haven't figured it out.

Love this game! Hoping the endgame is as fun as the story progression.

It doesn't have exp penalty

Probably the best single player arpg on steam.
Great pixel art, tons of loot with very interesting and build defining effects, a great crafting system and multiple endgame modes you can play for a _very_ long time.

Hidden gem of a game. Controls feels nice, art is clean and music surprisingly good. This deserve way more attention

The story of this game through Early Access has always been one of "they're so close. They just need and it would be amazing." Then I try this game again some time later... and those features are in it.

I did not like this game before. I didn't like how the crafting went, and how the reaper weapons worked. I didn't like how itemizing for builds worked out, and how much of a grind this game was for no real reason.

It's February 2025 and I started a new file in this game for no real reason and hot damn. EVERYTHING is better. Everything makes sense, the pacing is incredible. Reapers drop left and right, I get the crafting reagents steadily. I can craft an item that's pretty good statwise, but is just a temporary item as I work towards crafting Best In Slot style items. I have a good chunk of legendaries.

The legendary collection stash page. The improved access to +xp and seemingly reduced xp requirements. The skills and pacing. This game is fantastic now. It's more Action-y for ARPG's, but I'm slinging Void Arrows around and blowing up the screen to a spectacular light show and it's great.

So far this current patch has completely redeemed this game to me, and it's now on track to be on par with Chronicon.

Definitely recommend this game if you like ARPG's that aren't hot steaming piles of garbage game design.

Played it at release of early access, and it really didn't grab me. Coming back to it now, it's quite fun! Looking forward to seeing the final release, this looks like an incredibly promising ARPG!

slow start, but fun once you get your health/mana regen sorted

Slormite Studios have done a great job in the early access phase!!
I wish you the best for the 1.0 release!!

Better than POE2 ngl

This is one of the most promising Arpgs i have played in a while, The combat is smooth, The slorm reapers Invoke a sense of oooh can i build around that ? The legendaries are currently mid but hope for the next patch, The endgame is alright. But most of all its still better than d4!

The Slormancer is incredible.

The Good

• First of all, the game looks great. It has a really charming art style with a lot of character, and the silly dialogue and plot really fit. The game's identity both visually and in narrative feel really cohesive and the fact that the game doesn't take itself too seriously is a welcome differential from the rest of the genre.
  
  
• Slorm Reapers, the game's unique weapons that often have build defining effects and scale with your character; are genius. There are over 100 (I think) reapers in the game and every time one dropped for me I would read it and think "huh, I can probably make a build around that" to the point where it was occasionally overwhelming.
  
  
• The crafting system in the game provides the most player agency of any ARPG I've ever seen. Once you have a character with a functional build, it's very easy to craft perfect gear in terms of what stats you want in each slot. The scaling reinforcement system that allows your gear to scale their stats with gained EXP is also quite nice. However, the ease at which you can craft gear is also a problem which I'll mention later.
  
  
• Build diversity is exceptional. Between reapers, Legendary items, and the skills and skill upgrades something is constantly inspiring you with new build ideas as you progress and play the game.
  
  
• The game feels great to play, combat is smooth, and when your build gets off the ground it feels like a good ARPG build should.
  
  
• The campaign is good and short, like ARPG campaigns should be. Take me to that endgame!
  

The Not so Good

• The Forge kinda sucks. The Forge is an endgame game mode where you fight 100 waves of enemies with a unique modifier added between each wave. If you decide to leave before the 100 waves are over, you get to take whatever loot you have accumulated. If you die, you lose all the loot you have gained so far and get nothing. I don't mind a little bit of "get good" in my games, when I die in the Forge it's often a skill issue or I chose a modifier that I underestimated. But I think from a game design perspective, a 45 minute game mode that can result in you having nothing to show for that time is pretty lame in a genre about trying to get as much loot as possible in the shortest period of time.
  
  Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure some people love the Forge. Most ARPGs have a wave-based survival game mode, so somebody out there probably loves it. The real problem that I have with it is that there are exclusive rewards locked behind the Forge, so I am forced to interact with it despite not enjoying it.
  
  Last Epoch had a wave-based survival mode as well as a recent example of another game in the same genre including that mechanic. But, if you didn't want to play that mode you could simply not accept the prophecies that were specific to it.
  
  
• I listed the crafting system as a great quality of the game above, but I am also going to list it as a not so great quality here. The crafting system is awesome in that it lets you experiment and customise your gear pretty freely as the resources required to craft are very achievable. It's definitely a bit of a grind for these resources, but a reasonable one. The problem with this is that it makes the base power of most builds once you have some resources insanely high. I recently started a huntress build, planned out the build and chose all my skills and ancestral traits and grabbed some gear from my stash that I could craft. I spent the next 45 minutes crafting gear, and I immediately was able to play the game at the highest difficulty on that character. So after only a handful of hours playing this character, I already feel like I have nothing to really work towards.
  
  Long-story short, the crafting system is great for trying lots of different builds but the game is currently lacking a long-term chase to seek out in the endgame.
  
  
• The game could use some quality of life features which may or may not be coming in the 1.0 update. In particular, I would really love to see a death recap mechanic of some kind or at least a description of what killed me. In the Forge especially with the extreme mob density and the colour palette of the area I often find that I have absolutely no clue what has killed me.
  
  
[*] Not all the skills are made equal. Some feel absolutely incredible and are a masterclass in ARPG design, and some feel like clunky garbage to play with. Book smash is a skill that really sticks out for me as one that just feels awful. Really low visual impact, casting it repeatedly feels janky and slow.

The Fierce Huntress can bounce on it, Slorm style.

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Better than PoE 2

My god, I was not expecting this to be so good at all! I've played arpgs for multiple decades, and I haven't come across one with such character ever, I don't think. The pixel art style isn't my usual cup of tea, but it's stunning. And whatever the composer is being paid, it isn't enough - the soundtrack is brilliant. I'm only an hour in and already I can see how well thought out this is; there's skills, skill points, stats to assign, and a PoE style skill tree, tons of weapons, controller support for my steam deck. There's a production quality here that I simply cannot believe has come from three people. It's clear you love what you do and the genre.

Keep building to 1.0, whatever expansions you dream up, I'll buy - new characters, skill trees, hell, even expanded sound tracks - I'll take it. Find a way to help me support you to develop this further. I'm certain I just found my new favourite arpg.

My only gripe is that gear does not affect how the characters look - it's a small and personal issue, but given the quality here I can easily overlook that. Oh, and on controller it's hard to figure out how you snap to things like the class mechanic explanations on the skill page, or the upgrade button on the same page.

This games is fun has some cool mechanics and make you collect tons of thing, which you can level up / upgrade.

I found this game randomly looking for a loot rpg and the real diamond was hiding here :D This RPG is absolutely fantastic! You love action rpg? loot? Diablo style? customization? grindy and have a lot of fun objectives to do? This is the game for you! I can see a huge 100+ hrs into this!

Slormancer is a fun and fast-paced action RPG with charming pixel-art graphics. The game shines with its deep skill trees and flexible character builds, letting players customize their playstyle. The loot system and procedurally generated levels keep things fresh and engaging.

On the downside, the game can feel repetitive due to grind-heavy progression, and the story, while lighthearted, might not appeal to everyone. Some animations and UI elements could use more polish.

Overall, Slormancer is a solid pick for fans of action RPGs who enjoy experimenting with builds and loot.

Worth a shot if you’re into dungeon-crawlers, 7/10.

Trash balancing and wasted potential. They nerf later skills with every update especially the mage. If you are masochistic enough to get this game do yourself a favor and make a build that spams the first few abilities. They will carry you into late game. If you want variety pick something else.

The game is a little pricey, and feels pointless. I followed the main quest and soon enough you have nothing to do but grinding, and that's it, press the buttons as waves of enemies are defeated until the game starts having any challenge. I will play some more and maybe I will change my opinion, but only one boss has any noticeable mechanic, the whole game I just kept the button pressed and walked around. Still the game is well made, has some neat systems, but I think it fails grabbing the player long term while, at the same time, not giving that satisfactory feeling of closure when you finish the main quest, if I finished it, I don't even know, but the only thing I can do now is random dungeons for grinding, nothing else.

I rarely write a review but this game forced me to do that. I highly recommend this game for those who likes progressing their character and a lot of mobs . Trust me this is the best arpg

Amazing game, worth buying and playing even at full price!

progression speed feels never nice and rewarding

A surprisingly deep 2d hack'n'slash. Somewhere between diablo and PoE in term of build diversity and complexity. Quite good if you like to grind and theorycraft on a promising pixel art arpg.

Hello! Loving the game , I just want to report a bug maybe ,unless I am doing something wrong. The skill Ray of Obliteration isn't working properly when I go to fight monsters. It doesn't tick 4 times, it does damage like once every 3 seconds , if I click one time the skill it just leaves the ray on the floor , if I continue to hold the skill and channels it and does dmg every 3 seconds just 1 time. All that without investing any points on it. Any fix for this?

worth it

This game easily rivals titans like PoE, Diablo and Last Epoch, despite coming in a budget visuals package.

If you like the zooming and blasting playstyle of PoE 1 this is great. It somehow manages to be balanced without all the powercreep present in that game. So deaths happen in a natural occuring way.

Gearing, crafting and endgame is really good.
A lot of thought has gone into the systems and it shows.
The only department it's lacking in is enemy variety and some stale map layouts in endgame.
It could use some more bosses too, but the ones that are there are good.

It's worth the price, sale or not.

running a repetitive wave survival mode for stacking rewards only for a wave to be suddenly impossible and you get absolutely nothing after an hour+ of holding left click over enemies is the very pinnacle of godawful game design and if this is not fixed, this review stays forever.

Great game. Highly underrated as I never see it talked about. Its like they took the best parts of several ARPGs and added their own twist along with some unique systems.

I'll comeback when the game Achievements updated. Great game!

game good

Incredibly deep and fun build variety, paired with combat that's taken right out of Children of Morta makes for a fun mix.

The visuals are good, the setting is unused but the level design is the weak point as going through the same tiles of a map gets a bit annoying, already early on.

Still, the core gameplay loop is just as good as that of any other hack'n'slash and i heard that the endgame has a lot to offer. I just wish the maps were a bit more interesting. It can't compete with Last Epoch f.ex., which has a huge variety of maps and biomes. If you don't care about that and just want to min-max and experiment with builds, you'll still have a good time with The Slormancer.

For me it's just going to work for short 30-min sessions.

I just wish the devs had put more love into the presentation but i guess it's too late now as it will hit 1.0 soon.

Super fun game with a lot of build variety.

PLAY IT!!!!

It's really good

Surprisingly deep in build variety, crafting, and viable builds. If you like to tinker with different builds and strategies, this might be for you!

FAN FUCKING TASTIC.

Buy it its fun.

great shit here

damn that game is good.

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SLap me with a garlic buttered loaf and call me shirley if it aint a damn good ARPG.

ENnjoy the game.

#MuthaFuckinToodles

Lots of content and builds, exactly what I expected from this.

Extremely fun and addicting game <3

Awesome hack n slash game. Near perfect progression with the 3 basic classes, knight, archer and mage. Cant go wrong with either. End game is very good too.

I've got a fever and the only prescription, is more slorm.

Yes

Fun single player ARPG with tons of weapons and abilities!

OMG i think i haven't been here in years?? I"M SO GLAD THERE IS MORE CONTENT

Great game, so many possibilities for different builds that could all be fun, would recommend.