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Kagura Survivors: Endless Night

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78%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
grinding, replayability
78% User Score Based on 595 reviews

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Kagura Survivors: Endless Night is a single player role playing game with anime and erotic themes. It was developed by Big Bang Studio and was released on March 31, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Something is wrong in the Kaguraverse. An anomaly is creating tears in space-time and causing parallel worlds to converge! It falls upon Kagura-chan, the vessel of the Goddess's will, to get to the bottom of this crisis and return order to the various universes.

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78%
Audience ScoreBased on 595 reviews
gameplay24 positive mentions
grinding13 negative mentions

  • Free to play game with addictive gameplay similar to Vampire Survivors.
  • Engaging and fun combat with unique abilities such as dash and ultimate skills.
  • Good pixel art style and charming character design with nice soundtrack.
  • Currently very grindy with slow progression and unbalanced difficulty, especially after early stages.
  • Clunky controls with poor hitboxes, enemies sometimes spawning inside the player and collision issues.
  • Lack of content: only one character and three stages, plus limited weapon variety and upgrades.
  • gameplay
    78 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally described as solid and enjoyable, with addictive mechanics reminiscent of Vampire Survivors, featuring responsive controls and rewarding progression. However, some reviews highlight issues such as repetitive loops, lack of depth, occasional technical glitches, difficulty spikes, and unrefined balancing that affect the overall experience. Despite its early access state and simplicity, many find it fun and promising, especially given its free-to-play nature and potential for future improvements.

    • “Kagura Survivors: Endless Night brings a fun, free-to-play spin to the vampire survivors genre, with a distinct anime twist and addictive gameplay loop.”
    • “The ingenuity of the gameplay mechanics is truly awe-inspiring.”
    • “The gameplay loop will give you that dopamine fix you crave and the die and replay nature of this genre will keep you coming back for more.”
    • “I feel bad for the artists that drew the sprites only to end up being used in a game with the most forgettable and generic survivor-like gameplay loop.”
    • “The gameplay, while aiming for the 'easy to learn, hard to master' appeal, ends up feeling shallow and unrewarding.”
    • “The lack of depth and variety in the gameplay mechanics means that the novelty wears off quickly, leaving behind a repetitive and unengaging experience.”
  • graphics
    47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics receive mixed feedback, with some praising the unique anime-inspired and pixel art style, charming character designs, and occasional improvements in fluidity. However, many users criticize graphical glitches, lack of polish, inconsistent art quality, and problematic visual updates that detract from gameplay enjoyment. Overall, the graphics are deemed decent for a free or budget title but suffer from technical issues and uneven execution.

    • “The world you've built is captivating, with its hauntingly beautiful visuals and its enigmatic lore that begs to be unraveled.”
    • “Nice graphics, excellent character design, gorgeous waifu, challenging, polished game mechanics, and a must play for those who like challenges.”
    • “The game's unique story and challenging gameplay, combined with its stunning graphics and soundtrack, make it a must-play for anyone looking for an exciting and immersive gaming experience.”
    • “This features really godawful pixelcrap 'art' instead of real graphics.”
    • “The graphical update is very bad :(”
    • “They did a graphic overhaul but it's full of glitches and problems.”
  • music
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised for its catchy retro and 8-bit style soundtrack, often considered a highlight and enhancing the overall experience. However, some users find the sound effects too loud or the audio design repetitive and annoying, with volume settings that don't always persist. Overall, the soundtrack is regarded as enjoyable and a key positive aspect despite some audio balance issues.

    • “I'm really digging the retro-type music; the gameplay is fun yet simple, proving not every game needs complicated controls.”
    • “The music is probably the best 8-bit groove I've heard this year, though the sound effects can be too loud.”
    • “A little saccharine gem of a game with menu music that was way more fun than it had any reason to be.”
    • “Audio design is awful, with only one annoying song playing constantly.”
    • “First, there are options for adjusting the music and sound volumes, but these settings do not persist.”
    • “No lag or bugs at all for me; the only issue I have is the music was way too loud, so I had to mute it.”
  • grinding
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is widely regarded as tedious and frustrating, especially in early stages where difficulty spikes force repetitive farming with little reward. Many players find the grind monotonous, unbalanced, and poorly paced, detracting from overall enjoyment. While some appreciate the long-term achievements, the lack of engaging mechanics during grinding and slow progression make the experience feel unrewarding and dull.

    • “It's incredibly grindy with no reward for the grind, making the experience feel awful to control.”
    • “The gap of enemy strength between stages 1 and 2 is high and will force you to grind excessively.”
    • “Early stages are daunting due to difficulty; the katana has too short a range before being leveled, and dashing doesn't do enough damage to help with early farming.”
  • replayability
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    "Kagura Survivors: Endless Night" generally suffers from low replayability due to simplified meta progression and limited content compared to similar games like Vampire Survivors. While it is easy to play and visually appealing, many users feel it lacks depth and engaging progression systems to sustain long-term interest. Some note potential for increased replay value if more content and polish were added.

    • “Enjoyable game, pretty good replayability.”
    • “Fairly easy, has nice replay value, needs a great deal of polish in art and skill systems.”
    • “With there being a map system and dialog from your character, there is potential for an increase in replay value.”
    • “Kagura Survivors: Endless Night struggles significantly with replay value.”
    • “The game lacks the engaging progression systems seen in better titles in the genre, which severely hampers its replayability.”
    • “Meta progression is the key driving force for replayability but they reduced it by a lot in this version to simplify it.”
  • story
    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally simple and minimal, serving mostly as a basic premise for the gameplay rather than a deep narrative. While some players appreciate the unique setting and fan-service elements, many note the lack of complexity or substantial plot development. Overall, the story adds flavor but is not the main focus of the game.

    • “The game's unique story and challenging gameplay, combined with its stunning graphics and soundtrack, make it a must-play for anyone looking for an exciting and immersive gaming experience.”
    • “It is a free fan-service game published by Kagura Games, with unique story and challenging gameplay, customizable characters, and a great soundtrack, making it a must-play for fans of the doujin genre!”
    • “A roguelite based on the universe of Kagura Games, the story is quite simple: the priestess Kagura-chan feels evil disturbances and obviously has to stop them with a katana.”
    • “Fun little bullet hell game, surprisingly enjoyable despite the lack of any real story.”
    • “☐ no story”
    • “I might have been happy if you could do something like a secret level or other side quests you could unlock, which definitely shouldn't be mandatory.”
  • stability
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game exhibits numerous stability issues, including frequent bugs, glitches, and crashes such as missing backgrounds and stuck loot. Despite recent patches, many problems persist, impacting the overall gameplay experience and making it frustrating at times.

    • “To be honest, it's pretty solid. Sure, it's not bug-free, but the gameplay isn't that bad. 6.5/10, it's playable.”
    • “They did a graphic overhaul but it's full of glitches and problems.”
    • “One of the big glitches I encountered was that the parallax background failed to load for part of the map, so that square of the background was black emptiness.”
    • “Update: still a buggy mess as of patch 0.3, stage 3 difficulty has been lowered, but lots of previous bugs still remain (loot stuck in impassable area, loud noises when boss mob spawns, CG2 missing, etc.).”
  • atmosphere
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere in Kagura Survivors is initially engaging, emphasizing challenge and immersion, but it quickly becomes monotonous due to repetitive visuals and forgettable audio that fail to enhance excitement.

    • “Kagura Survivors isn't just about the challenge; it's about the atmosphere you've created.”
    • “However, the visual elements quickly become monotonous, and the audio is equally forgettable, doing little to enhance the atmosphere or add excitement to the proceedings.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is characterized by playful hentai references and amusing sound effects, creating a unique and entertaining experience. Players appreciate the affectionate nods to the source material, finding the comedic elements both interesting and engaging alongside solid gameplay.

    • “It's like Vampire Survivors except all the enemies are hentai references lovingly reproduced, along with funny little sounds they play. In some ways, it's actually a better game. I really hope to see other characters from the Kaguraverse show up here. This game really shows they love doing what they do.”
    • “Came for the funny, stayed for the game.”
    • “He is really interesting and humorous.”
  • monetization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users appreciate that the game has no ads and is free, viewing it as a positive departure from common cash-grab trends in similar games.

    • “This game has no ads.”
    • “Hate ads.”
    • “Seems like a cheap cash grab from all the survivor-like game trends, but free.”
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development is visually appealing with excellent and enjoyable character designs, contributing to an overall polished experience, though detailed narrative growth is not emphasized.

  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect is negatively impacted by frustrating gameplay issues such as inconsistent hitboxes, enemies and projectiles partially becoming invisible through terrain, and unpredictable interactions where monsters can pass through obstacles while players cannot, leading to a disruptive and unfair experience.

  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is exceptionally well-optimized, running smoothly with minimal performance issues reported by users.

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Kagura Survivors: Endless Night is a role playing game with anime and erotic themes.

Kagura Survivors: Endless Night is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 14 hours playing Kagura Survivors: Endless Night.

Kagura Survivors: Endless Night was released on March 31, 2023.

Kagura Survivors: Endless Night was developed by Big Bang Studio.

Kagura Survivors: Endless Night has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Kagura Survivors: Endless Night for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Kagura Survivors: Endless Night is a single player game.

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