RICE - Repetitive Indie Combat Experience™ (2023)

- Developer
- Pirate-Rob
- Publisher
- indie.io
- Genres
- Action, Casual, Early Access, Indie
- Rating
- 3.7 of 5, 266 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 5.9 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A fast-paced twin-stick shooter with pixel-art visuals, focusing on repetitive arcade combat and roguelite progression.
action roguelitetwin stick shooterarcadecolorfulpixel graphicsrepetitive combatearly access
What players say
Players are split on RICE: some enjoy the meta progression and build variety, but many cite severe performance issues, lag from too many entities, and UI scaling problems. Development appears to have stalled, and the AI-generated credits in the ending are a point of controversy.
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