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Skul: The Hero Slayer

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
Review93.30%  47430  3406
GenresAction, Indie
DeveloperSOUTHPAW GAMES
PublisherNEOWIZ
DemoNot available
Category
  • Single-player
  • Full controller support
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Family Sharing
Release dateJan 20, 2021
Supported OSWindowsmacOSLinux
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unsupported

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LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish
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    Game tags
    Indie502Action480Action Roguelike408Pixel Graphics3882D291Roguelike279Roguelite277Singleplayer219Metroidvania166Platformer160Difficult151Side Scroller142Hack and Slash133Adventure130Villain Protagonist125Action-Adventure87Story Rich77Fantasy75Cute57Multiplayer56

    Last update: 2024-06-19 (General data), 2024-06-19 (Steam Deck compat.), 2024-06-22 (Review data)

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