Death's Door

Death’s Door is a charming and peculiar game that stands out thanks to its unique art style. From the moment you start playing, you're pulled into a world that's both whimsical and melancholic. The characters' stories and dialogues are incredibly touching, often making you laugh and tear up. It’s tagged as a “souls-like,” but don’t expect the punishing difficulty associated with that genre. In fact, the combat is relatively easy, to the point where I sometimes found myself bored during certain mini-boss fights, which oddly enough were harder than the main bosses.
The game’s world is beautiful, with varied and intricately designed scenarios that make exploration a joy. Discovering its many secrets is particullary satisfying and funny.
At its core, Death’s Door is a relaxed combat game that gives you plenty to think about, weaving in deeper themes while keeping the gameplay accessible. If you're looking for a game that balances cheers with thoughtful moments, this is one you shouldn't miss.

Inviting art style, but otherwise boring and shallow. An empty shell of a game.

4/10

Yeah, I barely have 1.5 hours on this game and no I don't plan on finishing it. The one central problem about this game is that it's boring. Combat is not only extremely easy, but it consists of essentially the most bare-bones hack-n-slash gameplay where you just walk up to enemies and slap them until they die. There is almost no strategy needed - just shut your brain off and press the attack button until the enemies are dead, while throwing the occasional dodge here and there. The story is there in theory, but in the little time I have with the game, it still failed to hook me. The main premise of the plot is interesting, but nowhere near enough to actually intrigue me and motivate me to see more of what the game has to offer. The game's level design is just as boring as everything else. Every map is almost entirely linear with collectibles hidden in very small diversions every once in a while. Overall, there is simply nothing impressive, innovative, or unique about this title. If you want a good hack-n-slash RPG - or even a good hack-n-slash in general - I would recommend you play games such as Blasphemous, Grime, or - for a game that is essentially a direct upgrade to this one - Tunic.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/553420/TUNIC/

What a fantastic experiences. The dilemma with the last boss makes you wonder about the meaning of life and existence and how in the end none of that really matters. Just live your life to the fullest till you can't go anymore. Embrace death's door!

Always with a wink and a smile :)

It took some time to get into it. The first couple of hours I was like, meh. I took a break of several weeks and got back to it with a fresh mind and a heart eager to play an easy-going soul-like adventure game. Characters, art, plot, the self-ironic fairy tale allusions, dreamlike scenarios, it all grew on me.

Easier than Hollow Knight, harder than The Last Campfire. The combat system consists of hack'n'slash mode. You get various weapons, acquire magical spells, and encounter funny characters. Alas, the skill upgrade system is botched given that the increments are minuscule.

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Definitely worth your time. Well balanced, sometimes learning curve bit steep but i like the challenge. As you progress you get to dive deeper into the bureaucratic mess of the Reaper Commission of which you are a feathery member. The ancient piano soundtrack helps with immersion in the world of reapers but is not so great it warrants more than this sentence.

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It's not only about death and dying but also about the forest and the spirits and about greed and bureaucracy and corruption and about friendship and courage and respect. The story is cute. The characters are lovable. So are you. The landscapes are picturesque and serve as a counterpart to the black-and-white Reaper Commission Office HQ. What I like the most is that there is a red thread throughout the story and many hints not to take the Grim Reaper and his henchmen too seriously.

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Fun and lively souls-inspired game. Not really dark. Smooth and bugless, enjoyed through the end of the game.
P.S.: I didn't even notice that there ain't no voices :D

Tight, polished combat, interesting puzzles and secrets to find. On the Dave Portnoy scale of video games it gets a 7.9.

It's everything I like about a Soulsborne wrapped inside of a lovely Metroidvania package. If that sounds appealing to you than yes, the game is worth getting

Really enjoyable little souls-lite from a small team in the UK. The music is pleasant, art design is simple but works really well and combat feels tight and responsive. I struggle to find anything in particular wrong with the experience but one criticism I would have is it feels a little too safe. It doesn’t take many risks in terms of the characters, story, gameplay ect and as a result it feels very familiar and doesn’t feel as through it has something that REALLY identifies it as its own.

It feels like the kind of game I would either play with or give to a little cousin or sibling as a sort of introduction into souls style games. Having said that I do still recommend the title and look forward to what these devs can make in the future.

Strikes a pretty good balance of being difficult without being infuriating, if you've played stuff like Hollow Knight and Dark Souls, you'll most likely enjoy this.
Although I don't think it's a game I'll return to after completing it, the gameplay and boss fights are great, the ending was neat, and I can see people replaying it and doing self imposed challenges, 4/5 stars from me!

Planned to try it for 5 minutes just to categorize it in my library, ended up player for a whole hour.
Enjoyed it very much until I died for the first time, which was at the third boss.
Got respawned god knows where in the stage and rage quit. I do believe I will be back for much more.
I like the design of the NPCs.

I played it mostly on Steam Deck. Works perfectly right away. Indie game worth the money.

Steam Deck hardware compatibility:
Framerate steady between 60-90 FPS (i capped it at 90). No custom Steam Deck Settings.
Game looks low fidelity but despite it, there were areas that made framerate drop to almost 60 FPS.

As for how long it lives on battery, can't tell since when you play this game the time just flies like a bird.

7/10, short and a little bittersweet, the journey was great but the complexity of the gameplay just always felt lacking for me unfortunately

A very nice mix of exploration, combat and very amusing characters, including, but not limited to, a giant amphibian, a blahaj, and the Grim Reaper himself.

This game was just fantastic. Plays like games like Cult of Lamb & Tunic with it's top down isometric style. It's got souls-like dodge rolls. It's got Metroidvania and rpg elements. It's got a few different weapons for a few different play styles. It looks adorable from the character models to the pastel landscapes. The story was pretty good and simple. The end fight was pretty satisfying and all in all, only took about 12 hours to complete. I had a lot of fun.

As a 90s kid who grew up with Alundra, Zelda and other platformer/rpg/dungeon crawler etc. this game just hits the sweet spot. One of the best games of its kind that I have ever played.

I liked this game, I feel like it had a good length. The combat is fun, not too difficult, but punishing if you rush and make mistakes. One tip, plant seeds in every pot you see as soon as you see it. There's enough seeds to fill every pot, which you'll need to do for the true ending.

love this game. pretty, good music, feels good to play, doesn't drag on too long. highly recommend it to all my friends

A really satisfying game with interesting characters, great mechanics and compelling story. This is also the first game for which I have ever completed all the achievements.

4/5
Death's Door is a fun and unique experience that has souls-like elements but peels back some of the punishing nature of other games within the genre. I had some minor issues with specific attacks and dodge timings but those weren't enough to muddy my experience.

It loses a star for me mostly because I just enjoyed game over LOVING the game.

very fun game, even to someone not used to these type of games. Loved the atmosphere and aesthetic

Beautiful story with balanced puzzles and battle designs.

Death's Door is a game that excels primarily because of it's presentation.

The gameplay is a little bit of Metroidvania mixed with 2D Zelda with bit of almost souls-esque combat. It doesn't quite excel in any of the three, but the gameplay is still really good. But I think what really makes this so good is the presentation. The art direction, animations, visual effects, music, sound effects, and general good controls all elevate the game to give it quite a polished feeling. The game would still be good without it's top-notch presentation, but I think without it, it really wouldn't stand out over the many other similar games in the genre.

Death’s Door dazzles with its beautiful and charming art style. While it’s tagged as "souls-like," it’s really more of a relaxed art piece than a challenging game. The twist? You play as a bird who never gets to fly.

The atmosphere is great. The game wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought it was going to be going in. Funnily enough I had some trouble with one of the mini-bosses more than I did with any of the main bosses. The music was really good. All of the characters were very endearing. I got pretty bored with the combat, and I thought more weapons would've been nice. Didn't take me very long to backtrack and find everything after beating the base game for the first time. Very charming game that I would recommend.

Wonderful little souls-like. The visual style is gorgeous, the story charming, the difficulty well paced, the puzzles not too difficult. The combat is genuinely fun, the bosses challenging but fair. Not too long, clocked in the first ending at about 8 hours.

All in all, a strong recommend for like 10-15 bucks.

Reminds me of Studio Ghibli movies and Zelda. I did not expect to love this game this much but I already do. Soundtrack was really lovely, smooth combat and perfect difficulty level. Overall beautiful game.

The most chill game i played for the past years other than Sky: cotl, even tho the levels get harder and may have some difficulties, the game has a wonderful vibe and great music, I play it for my streams and ppl enjoy it ;3