Gonna be honest 5$ feels like the devs were not confident it would sell.
They really should have been confident. This game kicks ass.

I am genuinely surprised by how fleshed-out the game is. It has so many playable creatures and both the artwork and animation are amazing. This game could be charging double or even trouble its current price and I'd still say it's a good deal. The gameplay is fun and presents a nice loop to urge you wanting another round of battle and trying other creatures/builds with the different gems and gears that refresh every time you return to your base. Bar the occasional bugs, I enjoy the game a lot.

A few criticisms and advices I'd give to the game are:

1) The enemies and their attacks are difficult to tell. With everything outlined in either white, neon purple, bright red, brick red, or cyan the enemies blend with each other into a chaotic swarm of colors whenever they spawn in numbers. I feel like having an option to either customize the outline color or to turn those off completely would help a lot. Or to unify enemies and their attacks' outline color to just red.

2) Attacks are not conveyed well enough of when they land. Enemies have an indicator that's either a line (projectile) or filled shape (melee) that shows up whenever they attack to let the player know where they're gonna hit but not when; they do not have the line or shape gradually fill up in color to show when an attack is ready to strike like the player's do. This is not a serious issue, but it has made my experience of playing to game to either just try and keep enough distance to kite the enemy (especially the boss) or to circle around them indefinitely with me using dash as a means to make distance and not dodging the attack itself. On a side note, the attacks themselves are easy to miss because they are outlined by a duller, almost brick-red color compared to the bright, neon color the enemy itself has.

3) Make it so the player can choose which vendor to go to or simply bring back the "camp" location (in the demo version before it was changed) to the level before the boss room. With the addition of enhancement events that dilute the chance to meet vendors, I almost always have surplus crystals with nothing to spend on and an inventory with blank spaces in a run. It is not a serious issue as well but something I wish could be improved or adjusted upon.

4) Add an indicator on the edge of the screen that points to where the portal is when the room is cleared and where the last few enemies are when they are not visible within screen. These two are the only true gripes I have with this game; it is frustrating to find where the portal is because it constantly changes from room to room, sometimes it's back at where I spawned in, other times it's at the far left/right side, central to the top, or the bottom of the room. Same with the enemies as some of them attack by summoning minions and never move toward the player themselves and always spawn outside the screen to the furthest end of the room. One time I even had a summoner that spawned outside of my screen in a corner and was completely covered by a tree in the foreground save for a patch of its body poking out.

Tried the demo. Loved it. Grabby hands.GIF

I wanted to get my hands on it.

Friend gifted me the game when I was just about to hit the check out button ROFL

I look forward to the new things added to the game during early access. Perhaps new maps? New challenges? New Gem Beasts?

12 reviews as of this writing isn't enough.

Some of the reviews, I guess they forget this is an early access game. The game is still in development.

There's going to be bugs...that's normal...

Further updates/fixes/optimization is in the works. There's an auto aim feature in the options if you're having trouble with swapping between combat and mobility. There's a DEMO available at the store page before you buy it... just be patient..