Vagante

Makes you earn it.

just try, very underrated, playedd over 500 hours across multiple accounts and platforms

still playing in 2025. please give me update

I would recommend this game. it's rewarding, interesting, and challenging.

That being said there's a bit catch: This game is punishing. I've played it many times and the furthest I've gotten is the final level of the second world. For a while there I was getting better at the game. I'm currently at my lowest point of satisfaction: I've played hundreds of games in the last few weeks and my ability seems to be DEvolving.

This game is not for the faint of heart. You need a great sense of timing, attention to detail, and luck in order to win at this game.

Ultimately I think the game would be better with some form of meta progression beyond what the game offers, and a difficulty balancing system that's a bit more fair.

I (mage) played with my brother (warrior), he's pretty good. Carried us all the way to the final boss where my massive horde of familiars about stun-locked him for an easy kill. I died the majority of levels along the way.

7/10

Not fun

it's a lovely game that i always come back to. if you like barony or spelunky, you'll like this

Just buy it and suffer with us. The game is amazing. The first hour of the game is the funniest with friend. RESPECT THE SPIKES.

Vagante is one of my favorite games.

I say this as someone who enjoys a good roguelike, prefers difficulty over a game holding my hand, and loves fantasy medieval games and media.

If I had to give you two games to compare it to, its like the lovechild of Dungeons & Dragons and Spelunky.

You pick a class (Knight, Rogue, Mage, Wilder, or Houndmaster), and a background (which is really just a minor ability or stat change), and you go into the dungeon looting, slaying, and surviving.

To be honest, I havent made it super far into this game. When I play, its often solo, despite the fact that it can go up to 4 players and I prefer multiplayer games. It just doesnt click with my friends as much as it does with me, unfortunately. But I still love it. Its a hidden gem that more people should really be looking at.

gut

Dis game ish faking epic even if I never beat it even 1 time

This is easily one of my favorite co-op games of all time!

If you have a friend that also loves retro style platformers this is definitely for you. It has tons of classes and different ways to play with each of them, all of them provide a unique experience. The levels have lots of variety and the bosses are super cool. But the gameplay is where the game really shines. It's smooth and just feels really good.

I highly recommend grabbing a friend and jumping into this awesome adventure!

Vagante is an amazingly unfair game.

While it gives you a challenging and punishing set of enemies, bosses, and 'puzzles' to go up against with rng spilled across almost every corner, there is not much to reward you for adapting to it's unforgiving mechanics. That may sound like a bad thing but that is what makes it so unique as well.

Each mechanic in this game is clunky and rigid. Your spells, ranged and even melee attacks take time to set up. Some bosses require some foresight in order to even have a chance, some you can/must rush down without a care. Potions and scrolls change colors every time, so there is no prior knowledge there that you can take from your past experiences to better your next run. Map generation can either be really interesting, really unfair, or just straight bugged. Instant death traps are always soul crushing. a LOT of bosses and enemies deal so much damage that with your limited health supply it doesnt leave much room for mistakes.

Some upgrades for characters feel absolutely useless. Whenever a stat is gained, the change is so small for how little upgrades you actually get (on average). Some bosses feel unfinished or not thought out entirely, ESPECIALLY in hard mode. (Im looking at you mushroom golem) The mage being the only one to mix potions feels unfair to the rest of the characters when you get them so often while identify scrolls can be scarce.

But i love it for all those reasons. it's in this strange spot where it feels like an old quarter-eating machine. Its brutal and unforgiving but just as fun and addicting, each time you lose you just wanna go at it again. There is no story as to why you the player must fight through creature filled dungeons with death traps around every corner. Its because YOU want to, you have the desire to beat this dungeon, to learn and prove that you can overcome any challenge it has in store.

Dying constantly on first levels due to Insta death by spikes, because there are so many in such tight spaces. It is simply a bad design decision.

I love this game, loads of fun and manages to surprise over 100 hours in. An easy to grasp roguelike, charming graphics, great music.

It's got a pretty good soundtrack. Very enjoyable indeed. The gameplay is a little messy and mildly disconnected feeling from each other element, in my opinion, due to the breadth of different and strange options for fighting, but that's fine, and leaves a lot of room for different playstyles.

Incredibly good and incredibly difficult. Always enjoyable and remains to be one of my favorite games. Multiplayer is also very enjoyable :)

Vagante epitomizes the concept of "difficult for the sake of difficulty,"

which wouldn't be a problem if that didn't coincide with, "if a glitch nudges you one pixel too far, your progress is gone through no fault of your own." And even THAT wouldn't be such a big deal if progression weren't so pathetically, agonizingly slow. Unfortunately, getting through the first few areas is almost entirely RNG; without proper gear, you're going to die a lot. This is important because progressing toward your next unlock depends on your "score," an amalgam of gold accrued, enemies killed, etc. So if you die in the first area, you get maybe 5-10 points. And you need hundreds of points to unlock anything.

And that's... not fun. That's kind of my whole point here.

Some games toe the line between difficulty and enjoyment, whereas Vagante dives headfirst onto the wrong side. I don't know why a game developer would make a game this hard without first weeding out the run-ending bugs. If your product is a chainsaw, you better make damn sure that it goes in the direction of the tree and not in the person operating it. Same principle.

All that said, I like the art style and the music a lot. It's a cool concept with bad execution. I stuck it out on that basis alone, trying to give this game a chance, but all I did was screw myself out of a refund.

It's not fun. Play something else.

instant-death traps are not a fun vector of difficulty.

Spelunky as a Roguelike with classes. It's quite fun, but also quite difficult. Though, it feels fair, like you kind of understand "Yeah, I deserve that" Most of the time.

yes

Genuinely overlooked roguelite with a fleshed out levelling system and all of the cruel-but-fair fun of games like Spelunky. This game has a charm that is both addicting and infectious; every secret mechanic you and your friends discover is a euphoric revelation in itself, and is best enjoyed without outside information.

Pretty good game. Pisses me off. Wildling having negative range is always a fast track to death, and not knowing how to change spell targets makes Wizard eat shit against minion bosses. Fun time overall.

This game is amazing: basically Spelunky plus…. side scrolling Diablo? Runs perfectly on the Steam Deck. I have no idea why this isn’t a multi-million megahit. The polish is incredible.

One of my favourite roguelikes hands down. Great classes, amazing loot, a great difficulty that inspires careful consideration, and can support 4 people locally or online. WHAT. Insaneeee value for a $15 game.

My only gripe with this game is its later levels lean on more and more bullshit as its "difficulty". It really sucks to play your heart out for 30min-45min only to die to an enemy that can oneshot you from full hp. This bullshit is manageable with items and loot, but getting those items can be a matter of luck. This is the only un-fun play-pattern in this game.

most underrated roguelike

Goated game

love it

It's fun and enjoyable even if the difficulty is absurdly difficult and annoying. I've never beaten it in full and wish everything wasn't so insanely hard but I've had fun with it in full, especially when playing with a friend or two.

Pretty cool game

it's hard, very hard. If dying to spikes and boulders more than enemies isn't fun to you then starting out is not going to be fun. The movement is a little clunky and some of the classes are way more fun than others, but overall I feel there's something really rewarding about this brick wall with a smirk. the levelling between stages feels very balanced with each characters unique skills complimenting their own gimmick, but none of the characters really stand out to me as super different. sure some play styles require a lot more skill to carry off, but you're always at the mercy of loot rng and boss spawn rng. some of the easiest bosses can shunt you into a spike and insta kill you, that mushroom *extreme french* can go to hell with his bounce bounce bounce actually homing missile of 40 damage to the face. But, like crack (and the beatles) it grows on you and the boshiz gets manageable when you can determine what rooms will get you killed in because that boss sat there just knows that wall will be your best friend and final resting place

great game

It is an excellent game for pixel art enjoyers. If you have an SO, family member, or friend to play with, it helps the game come alive through funny moments, challenging bosses, and one health and a dream campsite saves. The game itself is demanding, with many interactions you will have to learn along the way.

yes

Great game

it's a good rogue-like with rpg elements, it clearly takes a bit of inspiration from games like spelunky, but not in an overbearing way, it is still very unique and has plenty of content to mess around with, all the different classes have their own abilities and stats, and each level has an optional bossfight that gives you the levels to invest in your class's skills
I do recommend this game despite its difficulty and level generation sometimes screwing you over (bosses spawning in very cramped rooms you can't possibly figh them, happened with me once or twice)

vagante

Could be a fun game if it didn't try to artificially inflate difficulty by making controls extremely obtuse and unnecessarily complex for a PC game (that tries to be a controller game (with zero controller support apparently)).

Rebinding controls is even worse? Because it'll suddenly have weird controls like F for next tab?? And numpad 0 for previous tab???
You know what I really enjoy? Struggling for a whole minute to switch spells and enchant them on myself.

Everything is great...except for the...BOULDERS

Can't really remap any of the controls or you get stuck on the starting screen, would've loved to try it but the default controls were just bad for kbm :(

I tried to kill spike. Spike killed me. Not good.

Fun with friends

No mouse support

Beat it, hated it,
10/10, would instant die to some random spikes again.

PS. Acolyte of Chaos my beloved.

worst controls i have ever seen. this is a game that was clearly a shit project from college. waste of money

the game is like a mix between spelunky and Caveblazers. If you played any one of them then you know how challenging and grindy it can be.
Frankly I like this game much more than any of those 2.

played solo as a mage:
* after 20-30 hours finally got the equipment which I got to hold briefly during the tutorial.
The items you will see in the tutorial... just dont expect to get them right away. Its more like a virtual carrot for you to keep playing than a fair demonstration on what you will get on your first run(s).

* The main boss on each level is RNG. I swear, on most of my runs I get garbage spells like dash, but as soon as I switch to other classes like rogue - I immediatly start getting powerful attack spells.
"Here's a dash spell, now go and defeat that golem that stands behind the corner. I trust in you bro!"
So you always fight to make most of the worst.

Havent played local co-op yet. Supposedly it supports 4 player so should be good.

Endless replay. Every run is unique. Unwritten story arises from circumstance.

I gifted this game to many friends and now I'm poor, worth it

Loved this game, it's kinda wild it never got a bigger audience but it feels like a genuinely successful translation of the feeling of classic fantasy RPG-ing into a roguelike world, and I've played it for nearly a decade now?

Get it, it's hard, but if you take it slow you'll almost certainly have a good time!

Good game. Play fun. Challenge hard. Brain hurt.