Underplayed Gems

Forestrike (2025)

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Developer
Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Indie
Rating
4.6 of 5, 963 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 13 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

a methodical martial arts roguelite where each death is a step closer to mastering the fight

martial artstacticalrepetitivechallengingatmosphericdeliberatemethodicalcinematic

What players say

Players describe a rhythm of training a fight in a vision, then executing it for real, which creates a satisfying sense of mastery but also pressure that leads to panic and mistakes. The lack of a restart button frustrates many, and a bug that crashes the PC and deletes save files is reported. Combat is puzzle-like and fast, with comparisons to Sifu, Katana Zero, and Shogun Showdown.

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