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Ladderhead

90% positive of 11 Steam reviews

Released: 2019
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Karolis Dikcius.

About the game

A surreal narrative focused roguelite text adventure. In it you play a man stuck in the same day who has to get to the top floor of an unusual building to find his loved one. Each floor is a perilous mystery to unravel. Each time you die the day resets.

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Adventure

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What players say

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I really don't know what to say about this game. It happened? If there's a deeper meaning to the expierience I can safely say i did not find it. You could probably write paragraphs upon paragraphs describing your own mentality around this game and it's inner themes and ideologies but I can not bring myself to. This is when I wish there was an in-between yes and no option. For 2 bucks, sure, play it, and let me know…
53 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
A companion piece to Desert of Vice, Ladderhead shares many of the same aesthetic choices and design pitfalls of the former. There is still a lack of standard text commands that necessitate reliance on the hints command, but I also think the environment of this game is more suitable for this constricted set of commands. It's probably due in part to my recent play-through of its predecessor but I found myself using…
2.5 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I like the hand-drawn graphics, coupled with the strange sound effects and music it does a great job at fostering a surreal atmosphere to experience the story in. Unfortunately that is where my fun ended. While I understand the game is narrative driven and I wasn't expecting a huge amount of freedom or challenge, it feels like almost every time you're asked to type something, the expected response has been spoon fed…
52 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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