Odium to the Core (2018)
- Developer
- Dark-1
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Action, Indie
- Rating
- 3.9 of 5, 63 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.2 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A tense, rhythm-based side-scroller with a dark monochrome palette where precise timing is key to surviving dense hazards.
challengingrhythmicatmosphericmonochromaticintensesingle-buttonside-scrollingmusic-driven
What players say
Players agree the one-button controls make movement feel slippery and imprecise, and the game punishes you for using them by subtracting points. The difficulty is considered unfair due to bad hitboxes, no checkpoints in long levels, and cheap deaths that require memorization. Some expected a rhythm game based on the description but found the music has no impact on gameplay.
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