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Combat Complex

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79%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
81% User Score Based on 48 reviews

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About Combat Complex

Combat Complex is a single player role playing shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Spherical Horse Studios and was released on October 4, 2024. It received positive reviews from players.

Combat Complex is a fast-paced ARPG / roguelike hybrid with lasers, alien bugs, WASD / twin-stick controls, random loot, and procedurally-generated levels. Wield legendary weapons, unlock devastating skills, create overpowered builds – and turn your enemies' attacks against them. Try the free demo! ARPG / ROGUELIKE HYBRIDLoot is permanent (as soon as you bring it home) but power-ups are lost on d…

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81%Audience ScoreBased on 48 reviews
gameplay10 positive mentions
grinding4 negative mentions
  • Fast-paced, skill-based twin-stick shooter combat that is responsive and satisfying, encouraging quick thinking and tactical positioning.
  • Meaningful character progression with roguelike elements, loot chasing, and customizable builds that reward experimentation and strategic planning.
  • Unique mechanics such as enemies damaging each other and environmental interactions add tactical depth and distinguish gameplay from other shooters.
  • Content is currently limited with repetitive level design, lack of variety in weapons and enemy types, and some core systems (skill tree, crafting) still incomplete.
  • Performance issues including frame rate drops, input lag spikes, and occasional lag even on high-end systems; some UI and navigation feel clunky or unpolished.
  • Certain gameplay design choices, like slow early pacing, enforced challenge-based skill point system, and punitive one-way mission progression, can frustrate players or hinder engagement.

  • gameplay

    37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The gameplay of Combat Complex is praised for its fast-paced, skill-based combat that uniquely blends twin-stick shooter mechanics with roguelike progression, featuring weapon overheating and strategic gun-swapping. While the core loop is engaging and emphasizes environmental and enemy interactions, some critics note repetitive elements, generic loot and levels, and limited weapon variety that slightly dampen its novelty. Despite minor issues like lack of music and pacing inconsistencies, the gameplay stands out as solid, rewarding, and promising within the action roguelike genre.

    • “Combat Complex is an ambitious indie action RPG that merges twin-stick shooter mechanics with roguelike progression, creating an experience built around fast reflexes, constant adaptation, and rewarding character growth.”
    • “While many games attempt to combine multiple genres, Combat Complex succeeds by ensuring that each system contributes meaningfully to the overall gameplay loop.”
    • “The game's fast-paced combat and impressive gunplay mechanics are a highlight, with each weapon offering a unique feel and sound.”
    • “My biggest criticism is a lack of variety; I wish there were more mechanically different weapons.”
    • “7 hours in, the loot isn't interesting, looks extremely generic with no interesting gameplay to them, the enemies are generic, the upgrade nodes on the skill tree are generic and the levels are generic sci-fi walkways, packed full with generic sci-fi clutter small and big.”
    • “But things like 'no going back' is just horrible and contradict the whole fast-paced gameplay theme.”

  • story

    36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    8% positive mentions, 84% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The story in the game is minimal, primarily delivered through unvoiced messages at the hub between missions, and is easily overlooked or considered uninspired. It serves more as background flavor involving aliens and robots but is not a central focus, allowing players to engage with the game mostly for its action and loot mechanics. Currently, the story feels incomplete and functions as light window dressing rather than a driving force in gameplay.

    • “Still, there's an extensive gear chase, and a little bit of story to uncover as you progress.”
    • “The serviceable story gets provided through unvoiced message exchanges you can look at between missions as things unfold.”
    • “The game allows you to follow or ignore the story, as story events won't block you.”
    • “-story is only relayed through messages while at the base hub and is both easy to miss and uninspired.”
    • “The story is served in messages in the hub after every mission; it's some BS about aliens and robots, just shoot, who cares about the rest.”
    • “The early access story is currently incomplete.”

  • music

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The game currently lacks an in-game soundtrack, featuring only a title screen theme, which some users feel diminishes the intended energetic atmosphere. However, the sound design is praised for its solid impact and attention to detail, focusing more on ambience and action effects.

    • “Sound design is quite solid, with good impact and attention to detail, although if you want music, you'll need to play your own, as the game sound sticks to ambience and action.”
    • “There is nice title screen music.”
    • “The game currently has no soundtrack, which may be added at some point.”
    • “Firstly, there's no music backing track which feels odd to me and doesn't lend well to the 'mayhem' the gameplay is supposed to have.”
    • “Does have a few cons, main thing being no soundtrack as of now which I'm sure will be added at some point.”
    • “Sound design is quite solid, though, with good impact and attention to detail, although if you want music, you'll need to play your own, as the game sound sticks to ambience and action.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game currently suffers from performance issues and lacks some promised content, leading to suboptimal optimization. Users hope for upcoming updates to improve both crafting features and overall performance.

    • “I hope the crafting will be implemented soon along with an improvement in performance.”
    • “Performance”
    • “Performance”
    • “Some content is still not in the game yet, and I experienced poor performance.”
    • “I hope crafting will be implemented soon along with improvements in performance.”
    • “Performance issues need significant attention.”

  • grinding

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game can feel repetitive and slow, especially in early stages with frequent walking and repetitive level farming. However, despite occasional tedium in equipment management and long sessions, the core gameplay loop remains engaging.

    • “While some repetitive elements and grinding may arise, the core gameplay loop remains engaging.”
    • “It's currently still a bit tedious to identify better equipment in your inventory, and it can feel a bit repetitive in a long session, but hey, it's still early access.”
    • “Second, the beginning of the game is very slow and tedious, lots of walking around very slowly and not a lot going on.”

  • graphics

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics are functional but unremarkable, featuring consistent visual design with some enemy variety and acceptable graphic fidelity, though nothing stands out positively or negatively.

    • “Visuals”
    • “Visuals:”
    • “The graphic fidelity is fine, with some variety in enemy designs, although mostly similar.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's stability is hampered by a frustrating and buggy laser mechanic that forces slow, cautious movement, leading to repeated restarts and a sluggish gameplay experience. However, it performs well technically on the Steam Deck.

    • “It basically deploys 1-hit kill lasers behind you, forcing you to only move forward. It sounds cool, but it's not because if you go forward you die to 20 different things. In the end, you just play this as a very slow turn-based game, moving forward slowly, letting enemies spawn and killing them without moving due to fear that the buggy laser system will kill you, making you restart 10 minutes of slow walking again.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's procedural generation significantly enhances its replayability by ensuring varied and fresh experiences with each playthrough.

    • “The game's procedural generation further strengthens its replay value.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere effectively immerses players in tense, alien-infested environments while ensuring clear visual cues that enhance exploration and gameplay.

    • “The atmosphere successfully conveys the feeling of exploring dangerous alien-infested environments while maintaining clear visual communication.”
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Combat Complex is a role playing shooter game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Combat Complex include roguelite, bullet hell, loot, isometric, roguelike and others.

Combat Complex is available on PC and Windows.

Combat Complex was released on October 4, 2024.

Combat Complex was developed by Spherical Horse Studios.

Combat Complex has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Combat Complex for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Combat Complex is a single player game.

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