Grim Horde

"Grim Horde" is an arcade game with rogue-lite elements, where you summon minions to conquer villages and claim souls. Your army can be customized with various servants and creatures, and you can increase your power by collecting souls and upgrading your abilities. When you die, you'll have the chance to rise again, even stronger than before.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

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

Reviews

41%

Audience ScoreBased on 91 reviews

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game has an interesting concept that combines elements of horde survival and bullet hell genres.
Players can enjoy a few hours of entertainment, especially if they appreciate minion-summoning mechanics.
The game has potential for improvement and could become more engaging with future updates.

The game appears to be abandoned, with no updates or bug fixes since October 2022.
Gameplay is unbalanced and lacks content, making it feel tedious and boring after a short time.
Technical issues, such as crashes and poor AI, significantly detract from the overall experience.

gameplay
18 mentions
11 % positive mentions
72 % neutral mentions
17 % negative mentions
Gameplay is criticized for being repetitive and lacking depth, with players primarily running in circles and engaging in a simplistic loop of spawning portals and collecting resources. The mechanics feel floaty and unresponsive, leading to damage from accidental encounters rather than skillful play. Overall, the limited upgrades and passive bonuses do not significantly alter the core experience, leaving players questioning the game's variety and engagement.
- “The 'how to play' is pretty straightforward, as is the gameplay itself.”
- “Also, the game might benefit from a bit more micromanaging; gameplay feels too static in my opinion.”
- “The gameplay itself is very floaty and getting damaged is often the result of flat out accidentally walking into a mob's attack rather than any skill.”
- “The gameplay is not very varied and you just spend the entire time running in circles while holding down a button until you get to the boss fight.”
- “Currently, it seems your whole gameplay style is focused around 'spawn portals, avoid arrows, collect souls/red stone.' The upgrades don't seem to change a whole lot other than just some numerical differences.”
graphics
6 mentions
0 % positive mentions
67 % neutral mentions
33 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally considered underwhelming, with some users finding the aesthetics to be poor and lacking in visual flair compared to more dynamic titles like Vampire Survivors. Despite its low graphical intensity, players have reported performance issues, such as frequent lock-ups, which adds to the confusion regarding its graphical demands.
- “Aesthetics are just awful.”
- “Note: this is probably one of the least graphically-intense games I play, so I'm confused as to why it locks up so much.”
grinding
2 mentions
0 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious due to slow gameplay and expensive, irrelevant metaprogress, which detracts from the overall experience.
- “While it seems like this game could be great, in my opinion, the gameplay itself is too slow, metaprogress is too expensive and irrelevant at the same time, and because of that, it feels tedious to play.”