Fit check
Is Heart&Slash worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action players who want permanent-death runs with changing layouts and equipment
- Players who enjoy customizing a robot's weapons and gear across repeated attempts
- Solo players seeking a colorful science-fiction brawler with roguelike structure
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want progress to remain intact after every death may find the permanent-death structure restrictive
- Players seeking a fixed campaign path may not enjoy restarting in randomly generated levels
- Players looking for multiplayer combat may prefer a game built around cooperative play
Our take on Heart&Slash
Permanent death reshapes each attempt: a failed run produces a new level, different equipment and enemies, and fresh secrets to explore.
What is Heart&Slash?
Heart&Slash is a fast-paced 3D brawler set in a colorful but desolate future where machines are all that remain of human civilization.
As Heart, an innocent robot, players fight to escape QuAsSy, an all-seeing machine. Each death permanently ends the run and generates a new level with different weapons, equipment, enemies, and secrets. The game includes 3 worlds, each with its own enemies and bosses. More than 100 weapons and equipment pieces let Heart's setup and play style vary between runs. A persistent progression system adds new options over time, while the main structure remains built around permanent death and randomly generated stages.
How Heart&Slash plays
- 01Three game worlds
- Each world contains its own enemies and bosses to fight.
- 02Over 100 items
- Weapons and equipment pieces provide different ways to customize Heart between runs.
- 03Persistent progression
- Progression carries options forward even though each death ends the current run.
- 04Randomized runs
- New levels, enemy groups, equipment choices, and secrets appear after death.
Heart&Slash compared to similar games
Heart&Slash combines 3D brawler combat with permanent death, randomized levels, and persistent progression. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a chaotic metroidvania, while Abyssus centers on multiplayer shooting through hand-crafted levels with weapon refitting.
Heart&Slash: platforms & release
Is Heart&Slash worth it?
It is worth it if: action players who want permanent-death runs with changing layouts and equipment. Skip it if: players who want progress to remain intact after every death may find the permanent-death structure restrictive.
Where can I download Heart&Slash?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Heart&Slash's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Heart&Slash on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
