Galactic Keep App Reviews

Galactic keep is a unique gaming experience. Its very challenging but the setting, art and gameplay kept me hooked. It plays like a dungeon crawler with plenty of loot and combat opportunities. That alone is enough to make for a great game. Add in the hand drawn aesthetic and the creepy noir-ish sci-fi feel and you have the makings of one of the best mobile turn based games Ive played. However, I found only two opportunities to use non-combat skills. If there were more RPG elements Id be happy to change my review to 5 stars. Now, more episodes please!

Good to see that a couple of guys can still make a great game. I love the hand drawn art and the combat descriptions are vivid and well written.

The world of this game is wonderful. If it werent for that I would have given up on this game within minutes. Tutorial was impossible with my chosen character, I had to restart the game and choose another. Combat is quite dull and brainless. However despite these problems (and more), I had a great overall impression. The retro feel and weird scifi writing added so much to the experience. If you dont mind toughing through some awkward game mechanics i would recommend Galactic Keep.

Like great CRPGs? Then youll love this on your phone.

Wholly original and utterly spectacular! So glad to see such a strong effort from an independent developer. This title has a place in my personal pantheon of great iOS gaming experiences. Edit: You will receive far better support for this title than others from large gaming corporations, as the developers are very active in online forums.

UPDATE: Now you can keep items between adventures! Look for Temporal Hubs to keep things in... With unique art and great aural ambience, this is a great reproduction of your classic roll dice and beat stuff up type of boardgame. If youre into tabletop RPGs or tactical role-playing games, this should be right up your alley!

"Labor of love" doesnt quite capture this game; its an unbelievably detailed, believable, polished world that draws the player into a dark sci-fi adventure. But its also a really, really FUN, completely original game that feels intuitive and balanced. An essential experience for any RPG player.

Reminds me of the Gamma World. On a side note: I keep dying...Its really hard. Please dont make it easier. I like it the way it is. :)

This is a high quality tactical/role-playing game that captures the style of board games. It is a sci-fi adventure game with interesting plot, many characters and great variety of items. And what is very important: no iaps, no pay to win.

Instructions say you will heal if you dont take all your movement, but AFAIK that doesnt happen. Everything is randomized, so its a painful experience as is, IMO. Id love to see a version of this without die rolls. Seems interesting, but far too difficult.

Game is turn based, so dont start it thinking it is fast paced. Imagine yourself playing with a DM. Well written descriptions. My only issue was Id like it if it was obvious what weapon was better from your inventory.

You can almost feel the pen and paper, laminated card holders, and plastic chips. With such a great job done on the writing and artwork, its no wonder I can almost picture the events unfolding in my imagination. Well done, I look forward to seeing the adventure play out.

One of the most inventive games on the platform. Support great games.

I wanted so much to love this game, and there is a lot to love in it. The writing is fairly good, backed up by very creative theming. The eerie music suits the setting admirably, and the old 1970s board RPG aesthetic is borderline genius. Unfortunately it fails almost completely as a game. The character "classes" and races are very poorly differentiated, for starters: essentially it boils down to some equipment limitations and a choice of special attack. Probably the largest problem is the manner in which combat is resolved...which is just about the entire game. Each attack is predicated on a roll of dice, but the outcome of each such action varies wildly...a single critical hit or failure can decide an encounter. In addition to this, there are a few large factors that operate against the player, not least of which is the encounter design. Oftentimes during the enemy turn you will suddenly see as many as five (!) monsters, all of them bee lining to attack you in a single turn. Since you have virtually no method of retreat (save a few rare items that dont always work), you can be forced to fight them all in a single turn, which virtually guarantees youll hit a string of bad luck that ends your character. Id like to see the designer of this game take the story and presentation elements and work them into a much better game. At this point I dont see how salvaging this game is very likely though.

The game takes a little while to get used to it but once you do its a great one - reminds me of playing pen-and-paper games back in the day. The issue is that the devs have claimed to have additional modules coming soon for quite a while - I think I finished the one-and-only module 7 or 8 months ago. The game is fun - but overpriced in terms of hours of gaming enjoyment if they never deliver on the "more modules are coming" promise.

If you like the kind of frustration that makes you want to throw your phone out of your window, youll love this game. At least its got some pretty colors. I guess.

This game is outstanding.

What a fantastic intro and interesting story that sadly devolves into much less interesting gameplay and combat. Id like to recommend this for the visual treatment alone, but even the dice roll gets annoying after a few hours. Combat options are binary to the point of exhaustion after your first few enemies. Every battle turns into who can whittle a health bar down faster. There is a blocking mechanic, but this only slows the battle. Once you get past the interesting art and sound design, you just want a decent board game.

Dont listen to the people saying its unfair, they have likely never played actual D&D... Sometimes you go the wrong way and you get killed, there is very little cost for a death in this game. I loved this game and am playing through it for the third time because none of the other games I have have been able to hold my interest like this one. I like the lore, I like the story, I like the detail on every battle... More please.

A fantastically unique DND style game with great art and a fun story