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Race the advancing darkness in a turn-based roguelike, exploring shifting worlds and preparing to face the Demon Lord.
Released 28 Feb 2014
Outrun the Darkness
Face the Demon Lord
Recruit Traveling Allies
Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.
Developed by Smoking WOLF · Published by PLAYISM
You play an adventurer sent to defeat the Demon Lord while a wall of darkness advances from the left. The darkness forces you to keep moving right: every action brings it closer, so delaying can end your run.
Travel through procedurally generated worlds, fighting monsters and choosing when to explore towns, dungeons, and other encounters. You can meet allies, visit shops, gather equipment, and adapt your route as each journey unfolds.
Choose from multiple classes with different skills and advantages. Between runs, the Dimensional Vault lets you store valuables for later journeys, while new classes and other unlocks provide goals beyond a single attempt; time control can also help you pause and plan.
Players often praise the advancing darkness as a distinctive source of urgency, and describe the straightforward runs as having more strategic depth and replayability than they first expected. Reviews also highlight the variety of classes, endings, and discoveries across runs, with some enjoying the music and character stories. Others find the forced pace stressful, especially when they want to explore more slowly.
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 59 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
