Skul: The Hero Slayer

Skul: The Hero Slayer tosses you into a pixelated warzone where the last hope for the Demon King’s army isn’t a brooding champion or towering beast, it’s a tiny skeleton with a chip on his bony shoulder and a bag full of skulls. Literally.

Part Dead Cells, part Majora’s Mask, and all chaos, Skul makes a strong first impression with its gimmick: swapping your skull mid-run completely transforms your playstyle. One moment you’re a dashing rogue hurling daggers, the next you’re a hulking knight summoning minions like an undead Napoleon. With over 100 skulls and endless synergies, the real challenge isn’t surviving, it’s choosing which maniac to be next.

Combat is fast, crunchy, and relentless. Swapping skulls on the fly becomes second nature as you chain attacks, detonate yourself for massive damage, and blink across the screen like a caffeinated lich. Every run is a remix: some skulls shine out of the gate, others demand investment, but all are fun to tinker with, like Pokémon, if Pokémon were more into decapitation.

The bosses? Repetitive. The story? Translation-challenged. But none of that matters once you’re dodging explosive traps in a demon lab while a fairy army blasts enemies behind you and a sorcerer rains fire from above. It’s madness. It’s muscle memory. It’s magic.

Skul isn’t here to reinvent rogue-lites. It’s here to resurrect them, with style, speed, and a skeleton who refuses to stay down.