Black Dragon Mage

This one is for players who enjoy short runs that still feel like progress, even when you die twenty minutes in. The mood is dark, but it plays light: you shoot, dodge and slowly build a mage who gets scarier with every attempt. What hooks you: - The first hours go into choosing a direction: fire, ice or void each give a very different way of playing. - The dragon you can ride changes the rhythm, since you are flying over the crowd instead of just running through it. - Progress sticks around even after a bad run, because the upgrades you earn carry into the next one. - Traps and the environment can be turned against enemies, which makes positioning matter more than you might expect. To buy Black Dragon Mage as a gift, place your order here and send the Steam quick invite link. The bot adds you as a friend and sends the game as a gift to your account, and it works from any region. Black Dragon Mage is a gorgeous dark fantasy, action-roguelite, top-down shooter with elements from the bullet heaven subgenre (aka "survivors-like"), featuring 16 bit style retro visuals and thousands of relentless demonic enemies, challenging boss fights and satisfying build variety. Become the Black Dragon Mage Hatch your very own dragon companion from an egg and ride it into battle as your ultimate weapon! Upgrade your mage & weapons on every level-up and pick a unique combination of ARPG-style abilities for your run. Every death is a new opportunity to experiment and grow your might! Buy new meta-upgrades (weapons, abilities, upgrades, hats & more!) in the Hall of Relics and avenge your own death with newfound power. Grow your might! Launch increasingly large volleys of fireballs, or icy orbs that leave frosty mines and freeze foes on contact, blast the undead with your arcane beam staff or harness the dark and chaotic power of the void itself! All primary weapons can be modified through stats, or special upgrade paths called Masteries, to unlock their full strategic potential and build variety. Forge your own path on every run by experimenting with unique combinations of your core arsenal & powerful ARPG-style defensive and offensive abilities such as the Shield of Frost, Summoned Flameswords, Spiral Strike, Fiery Pentagram! and more! Turn the environment to your favor using your (often outrageously explosive!) strategic genius, outmaneuver your foes by leading them into deadly traps! Laugh as you watch them hurl across the battlefield... Fools! Environments use procedural generation to make sure every run feels fresh, with randomly placed power-ups and hazards spread across the maps.