FoE Remains

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FoE Remains is a single player casual role playing game with post-apocalyptic and violence themes. It was developed by Empalu and was released on August 29, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

REMAINS is a mix of genres with its core as a platformer: side view, familiar game mechanics (jumping, climbing stairs). A rich arsenal of weapons plus fights being a crucial part of the game give you vibes of 2D-shooter. Finally, you can take it as a roguelike game with exploring procedurally generated locations, picking locks, gathering loot, leveling up and learning new skills/perks, crafting, …

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97%

Audience ScoreBased on 150 reviews

story10 positive mentions

music3 negative mentions

Deep and engaging gameplay combining RPG, platformer and roguelike elements with a wide variety of weapons, skills, perks and character builds.
High replayability with procedurally generated dungeons, challenging combat, and content rich exploration.
Strong integration of Fallout and My Little Pony themes with charming art, well-animated pixel graphics, and an atmospheric soundtrack, all developed with passion and care.

Gameplay can feel grindy and occasionally frustrating due to punishing difficulty spikes, slow pacing especially in early/mid-game, and repetitive procedural level design.
Technical limitations including the Flash-based engine restricting framerate and performance; occasional bugs including save data loss and some UI confusion.
Poor English localization and grammar issues which detract from immersion and story presentation.

story
27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is an original, well-crafted narrative inspired by the Fallout Equestria universe, featuring a cohesive and engaging plot with multiple endings. While largely linear, it enriches gameplay with diverse missions, fun dialogue, and meaningful character development, appealing both to fans familiar with the source material and newcomers. The game balances its fanfic roots with creative liberties, delivering a compelling experience that complements its action and roguelike elements.
- “For being completely free and fandom based, this game has numerous locations, bosses, many characters and an impressive, consistent storyline.”
- “I love the story, as I am also reading Fallout: Equestria a bit in tandem, and it's fun seeing where the stories line up and the creative liberties that the dev has made.”
- “Instead of a meandering journey that takes almost a third of its length for the main plot to get going, the game repurposes the good into a more cohesive narrative without the self-righteous and insufferable, wishy-washy characters.”
- “L stats, dialogue options and speech checks (as far as I can tell, I've played this before years ago but the game's been updated since I last played and it launched on Steam), and sidequests are fetch quests and special mini-dungeons.”
- “Although its gameplay is more focused on the combat as the dungeons are randomly generated with a couple of story rooms if available.”
- “While its gameplay can be repetitive and its story linear, the game is awesome and challenging.”
gameplay
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay combines satisfying melee and gun mechanics with diverse abilities and enemies, creating a solid and addictive 2D platformer shooter experience influenced by Fallout and Terraria. While generally content-rich and well-integrated with its pony theme, some find it repetitive or average, with critiques on lack of bespoke level design and narrative depth. Overall, the gameplay is praised for its engaging mechanics, challenge, and unique stylistic spin.
- “Remains is like if you took most of Fallout's core mechanics, combined the basic gamefeel of games like Terraria and Starbound, and transplanted it into a dungeon crawler.”
- “Melee and gunplay are satisfying, there's a decent variety of enemies, and it being ponies actually serves the gameplay with 360-degree aiming, long-ranged melee, and a variety of spells and telekinesis abilities.”
- “The gameplay loop is solid and addicting.”
- “The game clearly does a few things right (or at least tries to) but it all really falls short and trips over the content bloat issue: the game seems to be a long experience for at least several hours per run but the game is just boring and the gameplay is average at best.”
- “The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative based gameplay progression and so on.”
- “For gameplay purposes, because the user interface for this game is mostly just 2D static text/images, it feels like a browser game.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics receive mixed feedback, with some appreciating the thoughtful and nostalgic 2D art style that fits the game's aesthetic and genre, while others criticize the visuals as outdated and unimpressive for a modern release. Overall, the graphics are seen as charming and fitting by fans, but may feel weak or simplistic to others.
- “Story, gameplay and graphics are great for a pony fan game; it really shows how much effort was put into it.”
- “It's a fun 2D platformer shooter with a fun story and art style.”
- “Super cute, I enjoyed all the art and visuals.”
- “On the topic of visuals, the weak-looking 2D retro assets seem like they'd be more at home in a browser game or a mobile app.”
- “3D graphics accelerators hit the mainstream of PC gaming in the mid-1990s with cards like the ATI Rage and Voodoo3D; there's no excuse for such poor 2D graphics in 2025.”
- “And while the game has some flaws – it's somewhat grindy at times, and the graphics aren't that impressive – it was made with a lot of thought, love, and passion, and it feels.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is a mix of royalty-free tracks and possibly some originals, with boss themes feeling somewhat out of place. While functional and easy to replace, it lacks a unique identity, though some users find the overall soundtrack enjoyable and fitting for the experience.
- “The soundtrack is gorgeous.”
- “After Remains: absolute cinema, had so much fun, loved the story, gameplay and music.”
- “The music is... fine: it's mostly stuff from royalty-free packs or singles Empalu liked (even including at least one from the YouTube audio library), and I don't know how much of it is original and made for the game.”
- “I think the boss music is a little bit out of place.”
- “As a composer, it's half tempting to make a custom soundtrack mod for the game if I had the time - it's easy to replace everything, as all the music is contained in a folder.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding is noted as occasional and mostly present in the early stages, but overall not overly intrusive. While some players find parts of the game a bit grindy, the experience is balanced by thoughtful design and passion.
- “Slightly grindy at times, but the game is a decent side scroller/RPG hybrid.”
- “And while the game has some flaws - it's somewhat grindy at times, the graphic isn't that impressive and so on - it was made with a lot of thought, love and passion, and it feels.”
- “None of them felt grindy, perhaps except for the early game when I didn't know how to manage my health.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is consistently praised for its unique and immersive qualities, effectively blending elements like post-apocalyptic themes and mod integration to create a compelling and engaging environment.
- “Seeing it actually incorporate the two decent mods it had really solidified the impression of a very atmospheric and unique game.”
- “A nice little casual platformer with good atmosphere but sometimes quite challenging.”
- “Atmospheric post-apocalypse.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers substantial replayability thanks to its deep content and satisfying leveling system, allowing for diverse and meaningful builds. It stands out as one of the most feature-complete and replayable titles in its genre, especially notable given the common pitfalls in similar fan projects.
- “It has a surprising amount of depth and content, with a lot of replay value because of how the leveling system works; every level-up feels satisfying and meaningful, and there's a good variety of builds to try.”
- “It's probably one of the most feature-complete and replayable MLP fan games out there, not a small thing considering how many of these projects die from over-ambition and lack of skill.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is capped at 30fps and experiences stuttering and performance issues during long play sessions, often necessitating a restart to restore smooth gameplay.
- “The game is limited to 30fps, and long sessions seem to start stuttering and breaking down after a bit, requiring a restart.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from numerous bugs and glitches that impact the overall experience, and it lacks clear indicators for required skills, contributing to confusion and instability in gameplay.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers a fair monetization approach by being free to play with no in-app purchases, which users appreciate despite its slightly dated feel. Concerns about lack of contribution to badges or profiles are generally seen as unimportant by the community.