Penny Blood: Hellbound (2024)

Developer: NatsumeAtari, STUDIO WILDROSE
Publisher: NatsumeAtari
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Indie
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 116 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 5.2 hours
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this Watch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A frantic, arcade-style hack and slash where you repeatedly die and upgrade in a gothic comic-book prison.

fast-pacedchaoticpunishingdarkly funnyanime-inspiredgothictop-downaction roguelike

What players say

Players praise the art, music, and Shadow Hearts connection, but many find the combat frustrating due to hitlag, no animation cancelling, and enemies attacking from off-screen. The progression is grindy and multiplayer is dead, though the game works on Steam Deck and has a story mode.

Screenshots

More games like this

More by NatsumeAtari Inc.

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.