Entomophobia

About

"Entomophobia" is a roguelite reverse-bullethell game where you kill thousands of bugs to gain experience, level up, and choose from 3 upgrade cards to build crazy combos. Features quick 20-minute runs, permanent upgrades, and a variety of weapon and buff cards. With auto-firing weapons, controllable guns, and permadeath, the game offers a challenging and fun experience for players who enjoy fast-paced action and strategic decision making.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

91%

Audience ScoreBased on 33 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

music3 negative mentions

The art style is vibrant and unique, with fun stylistic touches and cool lighting effects.
The gameplay offers a fun and engaging experience, especially for fans of the genre, with a variety of unique weapons and upgrades.
The game is a great value for its price, providing enjoyable gameplay that can be a nice time-waster.

The gameplay can feel hollow and lacks depth, often becoming too easy and trivial after a few minutes.
There are significant bugs and performance issues, with the game chugging on certain levels and lacking polish.
The lack of a tutorial or clear instructions can lead to confusion, making it difficult for players to understand the mechanics.

gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
33%
33%
The gameplay is a mix of fun and frustration, featuring a solid core experience with diverse characters, weapons, and mechanics that work well together. However, some players find the overall experience lacking depth, with criticisms aimed at the pixelated graphics and a confusing UI. The dash mechanic has been highlighted as a potential game breaker for some, while others enjoy the vampire survivors-like elements.
- “Really good core gameplay!”
- “This game is amazing, the art style, the mechanics.”
- “Mechanics & abilities work pretty well with each other & it's fun to survive until you're overpowered.”
- “However, the gameplay feels hollow.”
- “This game, with its very pixelated, blurred graphics, funny sound effects, and silly weapons, gives a really strange gameplay experience.”
- “The game breaker (literally) for me was the dash mechanic.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The music in the game features a limited selection of songs that initially fit the gameplay well, but players find them repetitive and grating over time, leading some to turn off the in-game music in favor of external audio.
- “There are a few different songs in the game that fit well, but they get repetitive after a while.”
- “My only real gripe is the music.”
- “There are 2 or 3 songs I think tend to just loop and are a little grating over time.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's graphics are characterized by a unique pixelated and blurred aesthetic that contributes to a quirky gameplay experience, complemented by humorous sound effects and whimsical weapons. Players appreciate the distinctive art style and mechanics, highlighting it as a standout feature of the game.
- “This game is amazing, the art style, the mechanics.”
- “Awesome game with a cool art style.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is highlighted by its pixelated graphics, amusing sound effects, and quirky weapons, creating a unique and entertaining gameplay experience. Players appreciate the originality of the weapons and the enjoyable upgrade system that enhances the comedic elements.
- “This game, with its very pixelated, blurred graphics, funny sound effects, and silly weapons, provides a truly strange gameplay experience.”
- “The weapons are unique and funny; the new upgrade system is great.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be quite extensive, particularly for achievements that require a staggering 1 million bug kills. Many recommend focusing on specific maps to optimize kill rates, with one player reporting a total of 30 hours spent on grinding for these achievements, highlighting the grindy nature of the gameplay.
- “95% of your time with the achievements in this game will be spent farming the 1 million bug kills. It helps to play on the river map as enemies are pushed from outside the map quite close to you, and you can average around 25,000 kills per run. It took me a total of 30 hours to grind both kills and deaths.”
- “Very grindy achievements.”