Skelethrone: The Prey

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Skelethrone: The Prey is a single player role playing game with horror, fantasy, dark fantasy, violence and others themes. It was developed by 70`Strike and was released on March 14, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.

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76%Audience ScoreBased on 128 reviews

graphics8 positive mentions

optimization1 negative mentions

Engaging combat mechanics with a variety of weapons and challenging boss fights that require skill and strategy.
Atmospheric art and sound design that create an immersive dark fantasy world with a gritty, distinct visual style.
Metroidvania exploration with unique upgrades and hand-crafted levels that reward discovery and provide a solid foundation for the full game.

Clunky and unresponsive controls with stiff animations, poor hitboxes, and frustrating platforming sections that detract from gameplay enjoyment.
Repetitive music and some cringe-worthy writing/dialogue that reduce the overall polish and immersion.
Trial-and-error difficulty and design choices, including janky enemy interactions and artificial challenge, leading to potential player frustration.

graphics
20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40% positive mentions, 45% neutral mentions, 15% negative mentions
The graphics receive mixed but generally positive feedback, praised for their unique, grim, and well-crafted 2D pixel art style reminiscent of dark metroidvania and soulslike games. While some users find the visuals stunning and atmospheric, others note issues with muddy visuals, low visibility, and occasional bugs, which can detract from the experience. Overall, the art style is a major highlight, contributing significantly to the game's dark fantasy aesthetic despite some graphical rough edges.
- “Stunning, well-crafted 2D pixel art style, a cool dark story with great eerie music, and a brilliant metroidvania with souls-like elements.”
- “Skelethrone: The Prey is a captivating dark fantasy metroidvania demo that surprised me with its engaging gameplay and stunning art style.”
- “Skelethrone is a soulslike ARPG with hand-drawn graphics and self-composed symphonic metal, and I can't get enough of this style!”
- “Unfortunately, the art style is really muddy and has low visibility, which hurts my eyes to the point of causing headaches.”
- “The only saving grace I can mention is the art style, very grim and unique, but completely ruined when animated.”
- “The only fault I could really find was that the graphics are kind of ugly; everything else works fine.”
gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions
The gameplay receives mixed reviews, with some praising its engaging, challenging combat and smooth mechanics reminiscent of Dark Souls, while others criticize it for clunky controls, weak platforming, and unoriginal design. Weapons variety and dark fantasy atmosphere are highlights, but issues like poor dodge and parry mechanics detract from the overall experience.
- “Engaging combat mechanics: the game offers a variety of weapons and equipment, including bows, scythes, longswords, whips, pistols, and rifles, allowing players to tailor their combat style.”
- “Skelethrone: The Prey is a captivating dark fantasy metroidvania demo that surprised me with its engaging gameplay and stunning art style.”
- “Nice game, the gameplay is smooth and it gives you a challenge with its Dark Souls-like style.”
- “But the gameplay is just bad overall, especially the platforming.”
- “Clunky controls: some players have reported that the controls feel a bit clunky and unresponsive, which can hinder the overall gameplay experience.”
- “The worst dodge mechanics.”
music
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions
The music is generally praised for its quality and atmospheric, eerie tone that complements the dark, foreboding world, especially during boss encounters. However, some users find it repetitive and occasionally mismatched in menu settings, while a few consider it lacking overall, with only select tracks standing out.
- “Atmospheric art and sound design: the hand-crafted levels and environments, combined with fitting soundtracks, create an immersive experience that enhances the game's dark and foreboding atmosphere.”
- “Stunning well crafted 2D pixel art style, a cool dark story with great eerie music and is a brilliant metroidvania with Souls-like elements.”
- “Same goes for music, especially during bosses, it just felt appropriate, like it belongs to this game's world.”
- “Repetitive music: while the music is praised for its quality, it can become repetitive over time, potentially diminishing the immersive experience.”
- “The music should probably fade a bit in the game menu so it doesn’t feel like the action is still going on in the pause screens when it isn’t.”
- “I've played this game for the metroidvania aspect which is not that much present and to be short this is a bad copy of Blasphemous; the art direction is cool though even if the music is pretty bad in my opinion (except the last boss music).”
story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50% positive mentions, 12% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions
The story is generally regarded as decent to excellent, featuring a dark, eerie narrative that complements the game's pixel art and atmospheric design. While some players hope for deeper storytelling in the full release, the current plot is appreciated for its cool, metroidvania and soulslike-inspired elements.
- “Excellent storytelling too.”
- “Stunning well crafted 2d pixel art style, a cool dark story with great eerie music and is a brilliant metroid-vania with souls like elements.”
- “Basic combat, but nice art style and decent story.”
- “I don't think that they'll hire a writer for the full release but I pray that they go about the story more seriously there, as Soulslikes carry a lot of weight on their narratives.”
- “Artstyle and sound are alright, even the story, from the little that I've played.”
- “The story I read, the graphics I saw in the trailer, and the fact that it was made with pixel art.”
atmosphere
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
80% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game delivers a compelling dark and gothic atmosphere, reminiscent of Dark Souls in 2D, with hand-crafted levels and fitting sound design that create an immersive and foreboding experience. Its gritty, Soulsvania style contributes to a distinct and captivating mood throughout.
- “Atmospheric art and sound design: the hand-crafted levels and environments, combined with fitting soundtracks, create an immersive experience that enhances the game's dark and foreboding atmosphere.”
- “This game can be improved but it's still a gritty blasphemous-style 2D soulsvania that nails a dark, gothic atmosphere. It's a good game.”
- “Dark Souls reimagined in two dimensions, with its own distinct atmosphere, mechanics, and lore.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in bad animations and subpar performance that significantly detract from the overall experience.
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Users report occasional glitches affecting the game's stability, suggesting some technical issues remain unresolved.

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Skelethrone: The Prey is a role playing game with horror, fantasy, dark fantasy, violence and others themes. Common tags for Skelethrone: The Prey include free to play, gothic, 2d, pixel graphics, lore-rich and others.

Skelethrone: The Prey is available on PC and Windows.

Skelethrone: The Prey was released on March 14, 2024.

Skelethrone: The Prey was developed by 70`Strike.

Skelethrone: The Prey has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Skelethrone: The Prey for its graphics but disliked it for its music.

Skelethrone: The Prey is a single player game.

Similar games include The Last Faith, Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona, Bleak Faith: Forsaken, Elderand, Unworthy and others.

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