Slash or Die

a fun game with a fun concept and only 2 buttons you need to press, left and right click.

Only problem is turns out theres been a bug since launch where if you left click (the movement button) but also press right click (the attack button), you won't attack so half the time if you're not careful you'll just stand in place and die.

There's also a bug where you can right click twice (to attack) and it only attacks once but consume both your charges.

Can't recommend because dev hasn't resolved this issue since launch.

Guts, Glory, very Gory!!! If Blood makes you woozy this Clicker isn't for you Multiple tiers to upgrade 3 Damage classes. Overall a sweet Slasher don't stand still later in the game. Give yourself plenty of mouse room. Un-dead and livens cut them all down!

Fun little game! There is some grinding involved but overall it's quite a challenge! It gets more and more difficult to read what's going on on the battlefield.

I really liked this game and really wanted to give it a positive review. It was good grinding game, BUT achievements don't work, except the one to beat the game as warrior. Also, characters also can't be unlocked no matter how many times you beat first boss.

A surprisingly solid little game. It has simple mouse control; hold left where you want to move and click right where you want to dash to. you just dodge enemies adn try to slash them before they slash you. The upgrade system is good too, with all of the character upgrades making a noticable difference in your character.The difficulty builds up well over levels too with early ones eventually becoming a peice of cake while the later ones remain challenging.

While it is easy to control the controls are not perfect; on rare occasions it seems to not respond at all despite you having stamina, and you need to let go of left click to dash which feels kinda sluggish at first, but you can adjust easily enough with practice.

Overall it is not perfect but it is a great time waster and for its price you can't go wrong.

I like the concept of the game, but there are too many frustrating points that makes me not recommend this game.

First of all, it is a simple game, you use only mouse to control (left for movement and right for attack), what is kinda intuitive. But to attack you need to release the other button, I mean, you can't attack while running. This issue has generated a lot of threads on Discussions page, as many players refers to it as a "mouse bug".
But no! It's just a bad decision from the developer, which was not fixed/implemented untill now.

Another thing that really pi$$ me off is that some enemies, like the ghosts and archers, are too random on their attack patterns. You can't tell if a ghost gonna hit you or not, because it has no attack animation, besides a red glowing eye, but they stills hit you from very far. And archers can shoot two arrows in sequence without even preparing the shot.

For the price it's being sold, it's a fun game.
But a little improvement could make it great, like add a real stage where you could walk and get some items, not only a locked arena.
Simple details always helps improvement in games, but sadly, this one probably not gonna get any.

This game very much has that 'Dark Souls' Vibe to it. That's of course because of the difficulty this game has. It's very difficult and even after upgrading my character a lot, i still cant manage to go further than the second level's first round...

Pros:

- The gameplay is great, and when you achieve to do something, it feels like a treat.
- The Soundtrack is pretty good. It's very much fits with the gameplay.
- There are a lot of things to achieve in this game, such as the new characters, upgrades etc.
- The graphics are pretty sweet, and almost feels like a pixelated Dark Souls mini-game.

Cons:

- The Soundtrack gets a bit dull overtime. They are too short, and repeat a lot.
- The enemies have a very large attack area (Arrows hit me even though i was too far away to get hit).
- U can't attack while running. This is a very big problem, and im sure its a feature, but it has to be removed. It is very annoying and caused a lot of my deaths (This is because after u stop running, u have to wait like a second before attacking or it won't work...).
- The health and stamina are at the top of the screen. They should also be located on top of ur character because it's too much of a hassle to look up there, even for a brief second.

Despite the cons, i still continue to enjoy this game as it is. I'd love if the Developers saw this review, and maybe even inspires them to change something in the game.

Thanks, and good luck on future updates and games, developers! :)

This game is fun for a bit, to boot up and mess around with here and there. The pixel graphics and music are enjoyable, and the upgrade system (more health, stamina, speed, bleed damage, etc...) adds some variety to the gameplay. The game is a bit simplistic (which I don't mind) but the reason I don't recommend it is the limited mouse controls are annoyingly / unreliably implemented. Gameplay consists of you clicking / holding LMB to move your character around the screen toward the cursor as you dodge enemies while they constantly swarm you, with RMB being your attack / dash move (with the default character) to dispatch them or create some space between you. This is all well and good but there are often moments when your character will just not perform his RMB dash attack to evade the enemies. He just stands there with his dick in his hand and gets hit (or worse killed) by the enemies. This is caused because you have to fully release LMB, click RMB briefly to dash/attack then click / hold LMB again to begin moving once again. Due to the resolution and way you move your character by having him move toward the cursor, it feels like you have very little room to move once the enemies begin to fill the screen or will often accidentally dash slightly too far into an enemy and die. The holding of LMB to releasing to briefly press RMB rather than being able to just press RMB while holding LMB kills a lot of the fluidity of the game and feels inaccurate and unreliable. The game's title alludes to this being intrinsic to the gameplay, that you have to "Slash or Die" to make space to move around, but when the Slashing is so inconsistent your deaths are often frustrating. I suppose I could play more to "git gud" and learn its rhythms/hitboxes more, but I've found it to mostly just be a frustrating, idle distraction of a game with a poor interface.

This is a very disappointing game, can't say it's THAT bad, you decide:

+The one and only plus - battle mechanics - 1st time I've seen it in indiegala minigame made by the same person I guess, and what can I say - there it was WAY better - to move around you click left MB, to dash and kill you click right MB - now about the problems of the game

-You can't dash while moving - you have to release LMB if you want to click RMB - like, what's the problem? When a lot of enemies around you even the slight stop can kill you.

-Now even bigger problem - a lot of times when you click to dash - nothing is happening - you can click RMB up to 2-3 times before it finally dashes, and no it's not your stamina, you have this problem even if you have 4 dashes available, but then, when you start spam right clicks to dash AND you finally dash, you can dash 4 times out of 4 stamina and waste all your stamina in half a second. That's just awful, you die 90% of the time because of that problem.

-Annoying music pack: 1st of all half of the songs are simply bad, and on top of that - like 90% of the songs you can hear in like 5 different indie games (each 1$ full price, for example FBI MANIA)

-No windowed mode
-No controls remap
-Involves a lot of grinding
-boring and repetitive
+steam achievements
+steam cards

No this is not a good game.

An amusing little time-waster, but serious bugs and mind-numbing grind prevent it from being more than that. It's dirt cheap, but I'd still wait for a sale.

Pretty good game with pixel graphic. I was playing one time game similar to this but you was a death killing hero's. Neverless, good soundtrack and good gameplay. Almoust but there is a little problem. Attack is to slow and less respond to my clicking. This is only one problem I can have with this game. Other things are good.

I am hesitant in giving Slash or Die a thumb's up. It has a mildly interesting play mechanic, and is only three bucks. Fair enough.

Slash or Die is a coffee-break game and reminds me in some aspects of Devil Daggers with permanent stat upgrades. And believe me, 10 minutes goes a long way - this is something you play very briefly and pick it up later. Just like Devil Daggers, of course.

The game only uses the right and left mouse button (yeah, I know, no controller support). Left mouse button moves you around, and right makes you slash across the screen. The slash has a cooldown timer. The levels are static, and quite frankly, boring. Everything happens on one screen.

Pros:
+Mildly entertaining coffee-break game with an interesting minimalistic attack and move mechanic.
+It is cheap.

Cons:
-The controls 'stick' sometimes, which is crazy annoying. Others mention this in reviews, too.
-Artwork could be better. Not all pixel work is 'retro' - some of this work is a bit rough.
-Some of the music is good (I'd actually say 'meh' TBO), and some is a bit irritating.
-No controller support, which is desperately needed for something like this.
-There could be overall more creativity - I mean stats are as basic as it can get.
-Could be more playable characters (there is only one right off the bat), among other things to beef up the content. This could be much bigger than it is.

Slash or Die is a mildly entertaining coffee-break game for like three bucks. Thats about all there is to say.

I would describe this as the penny arcade version of Dark Souls. The difficulty and punishment add to the enjoyment of the game quite a bit. You're not really handed anything in this game, information wise. You have to learn about your enemies by interacting and experimenting with them. The same goes for your character. You're not handed anything, it's all gained from experience.
You will die. A lot. For reasons both fair and bullshit. I recall killing an archer, then dying by accidentally running into the arrow it had shot.
You can, and will, beat the game though. You just have to keep beating your head against the wall until it breaks. Very much worth the modest price. I have paid more for games I have enjoyed less.

An hour in, the first boss killed, its time to write a review! The hitbox on the warriors slash feels off a little bit, it starts too far in front of the animation and I found myself missing kills it said the animation cut clean through. It also had issues hitting people diaganolly from me, but neither of these things detracted from my experience, just cause minor annoyances. My biggest issue with the game as of now, however, is movement. I must manually take my index finger off of moving in order to attack, and I do not find that acceptable in such a mobile game as Slash or Die. While I still reccomend this game, it has a few issues that need ironing out.

A good game while waiting in queue for another game.

Simple, fun, and hard
Unlockable content
Good graphics if you're into indie-pixel

Slash or Die is an arcade style hack-and-slash adventure type game. The gameplay is fast and fun and the game walks the fine line between challenging enough to make you keep trying and being so hard you rage quit very well. This is not an amazing game but it is still pretty good and you would have a hard time finding a better game for $3.

The game does feel a like a bit of a grind at times and I have an issue with some of the mechanics but it was an overall enjoyable experience. The developers are constantly updating the game and actually fixed one of my biggest issues with the game while I was making this review. I expect this game will continue to get better so I suggest you try it out.

If you want a more in depth review, check out my video review: https://youtu.be/OaMDNOTGSnc

Easy to pick up and a little masterpiece for simplicity.

Roguelike game with ingame points to spent for upgrades, think about more health, stamina (which is used to attack), speed, damage and certain skills (depending on class).

Left mouse button to move, right mouse button to attack.
Three different classes of which two have to be unlocked, so far I played the warrior and berserker and both feel very different to play, while still being equally balanced.

Good to play for a while and to pick up later on.
Definitely worth the 3 bucks, even more so if it gets on sale.
Oh yeah and it has an awesome oldschool soundtrack which totaly fits the game!

If you wan't to see some gameplay with the first boss check the video below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIuuWBi00M

Not bad at all. It's a bit slow in the beginning, and could use some polish (it feels clunkier than it probably should, and sometimes the slash doesn't hit enemies it should), but for this price, it's a very good, very simple little game. The bosses and later enemies add some strategy into the game, and it doesn't feel like a mindless clickfest. No real, major downsides like other people have already said. It succeeds well in what it does.

So you slash enemies and they die. If you fail to slash an enemy, and enemy slashes you instead, you die. Slash or Die.

But seriously, it's a fun casual action-rpg. Check it out.

Great Little Game!