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Shardpunk: Verminfall

Shardpunk: Verminfall

Released: 4/13/2023

Outrun the horde and survive another day in the war-torn Capital. SEEK SHELTER In Shardpunk: Verminfall you already lost. Now you need to run for your life while saving as many people and pieces of equipment as possible. Keep on moving and use every skill and item at your disposal to reach the safety of fusion core-operated bunkers. TACTICAL GAMEPLAY Put together a crew of survivors and use a range of steampunk weapons and bots to scavenge for resources, slow down the horde, and reach safety. Shardpunk: Verminfall mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management. From battle tactics to the most difficult decisions on who should receive the last medpack or rations, you’ll need to take charge and (hopefully) live with its consequences. VICTORIAN STEAMPUNK The Rat Swarm has breached the walls of The Capital and flooded the city with its vermin horde. Push through three districts with progressively more vicious enemies, rising emergency levels, and supplies that dry up like blood from a knife wound. Constantly on the move, you’ll scavenge bodies and resource crates risking that with each detour the rats are getting closer... KEY FEATURES XCOM meets Darkest Dungeon as Shardpunk: Verminfall combines turn-based tactical battles with the hard choices made at the bunker Grid-based levels that are open for exploration and full of tactical possibilities while you run from the endless hordes of rats A motley crew of characters to build your team, each one with unique abilities, equipment, perks, and shortcomings that affect their mates Steampunk arsenal and technologies to use in battle that also requires mending and cooling, so they don’t backfire on you in the middle of the fight Variety of resources to scavenge, upgrades to unlock, and equipment to craft Detailed pixel art visuals that set the victorian mood and feast your eyes with fusion-core explosions

Outrun the horde and survive another day in the war-torn Capital. SEEK SHELTER In Shardpunk: Verminfall you already lost. Now you need to run for your life while saving as many people and pieces of equipment as possible. Keep on moving and use every skill and item at your disposal to reach the safety of fusion core-operated bunkers. TACTICAL GAMEPLAY Put together a crew of survivors and use a range of steampunk weapons and bots to scavenge for resources, slow down the horde, and reach safety. Shardpunk: Verminfall mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management. From battle tactics to the most difficult decisions on who should receive the last medpack or rations, you’ll need to take charge and (hopefully) live with its consequences. VICTORIAN STEAMPUNK The Rat Swarm has breached the walls of The Capital and flooded the city with its vermin horde. Push through three districts with progressively more vicious enemies, rising emergency levels, and supplies that dry up like blood from a knife wound. Constantly on the move, you’ll scavenge bodies and resource crates risking that with each detour the rats are getting closer... KEY FEATURES XCOM meets Darkest Dungeon as Shardpunk: Verminfall combines turn-based tactical battles with the hard choices made at the bunker Grid-based levels that are open for exploration and full of tactical possibilities while you run from the endless hordes of rats A motley crew of characters to build your team, each one with unique abilities, equipment, perks, and shortcomings that affect their mates Steampunk arsenal and technologies to use in battle that also requires mending and cooling, so they don’t backfire on you in the middle of the fight Variety of resources to scavenge, upgrades to unlock, and equipment to craft Detailed pixel art visuals that set the victorian mood and feast your eyes with fusion-core explosions

Outrun the horde and survive another day in the war-torn Capital. SEEK SHELTER In Shardpunk: Verminfall you already lost. Now you need to run for your life while saving as many people and pieces of equipment as possible. Keep on moving and use every skill and item at your disposal to reach the safety of fusion core-operated bunkers. TACTICAL GAMEPLAY Put together a crew of survivors and use a range of steampunk weapons and bots to scavenge for resources, slow down the horde, and reach safety. Shardpunk: Verminfall mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management. From battle tactics to the most difficult decisions on who should receive the last medpack or rations, you’ll need to take charge and (hopefully) live with its consequences. VICTORIAN STEAMPUNK The Rat Swarm has breached the walls of The Capital and flooded the city with its vermin horde. Push through three districts with progressively more vicious enemies, rising emergency levels, and supplies that dry up like blood from a knife wound. Constantly on the move, you’ll scavenge bodies and resource crates risking that with each detour the rats are getting closer... KEY FEATURES XCOM meets Darkest Dungeon as Shardpunk: Verminfall combines turn-based tactical battles with the hard choices made at the bunker Grid-based levels that are open for exploration and full of tactical possibilities while you run from the endless hordes of rats A motley crew of characters to build your team, each one with unique abilities, equipment, perks, and shortcomings that affect their mates Steampunk arsenal and technologies to use in battle that also requires mending and cooling, so they don’t backfire on you in the middle of the fight Variety of resources to scavenge, upgrades to unlock, and equipment to craft Detailed pixel art visuals that set the victorian mood and feast your eyes with fusion-core explosions

Critics
80
Steam
93

Score Breakdown

80.0

Critic Average

2 reviews

93

Steam User Score

770 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-12.9
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-12.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

2 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)