MOLDRISE Horror Climb Earns 95% Positive Reviews on Steam
MOLDRISE turns a forced upward climb and a body slowly consumed by fungus into a roguelike loop where player knowledge of the fixed building structure drives repeated attempts.
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Indie developer Raffaele Picca released the horror game MOLDRISE on Steam on July 21. Players climb a dark, decaying building while a mushroom eats their foot and their health drains. The game holds 95% positive reviews from 131 user reviews, earning a Very Positive rating.
MOLDRISE puts players on the sixth floor of a grimy apartment building with a mushroom growing between their toes. The compulsion to reach the roof overrides everything, but the path is blocked by broken stairs and locked doors, so players must knock on residents' doors and trade items for a way up.
There are no ghosts or monsters. The threat is the player's own body: health drains over time, and hunger and thirst meters force players to eat spoiled food and drink dirty water. Death sends them back, but the building never changes, so knowledge from previous runs becomes the main tool for climbing faster.
Picca is a Germany-based developer and artist known for the roguelite shooter Beat Invaders and the desktop lava lamp MeltyFlow. MOLDRISE is on sale for 1440 yen, 10% off list price, until 2 a.m. JST on July 28.
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