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You’ll find armour and weapons as you play through that give you small benefits to attack, defence, health, and crit chance.

The final key gameplay difference between Doors of Insanity and so many others is the loot system. This was my preferred playstyle and gave me some solid success. Whilst you have no direct control over these, you can set yourself up to not have to worry about defence through their use, as you focus on hammering out the damage. Then there are helper cards that add minions to your side of the battle that can cause damage or defend and buff you. I think the gravestones were my favourite enemies. It’s a nice twist on the genre, and even plays into some of the cards which allow you to gain more dice quickly, so you can build a deck around using and reusing dice if you want. You can only hold a maximum of five, so you’re encouraged to use them, but should you waste a roll of 1 to give yourself a tiny armour boost when it could be re-rolled as a 6 next turn. Every turn you gain a dice and roll those you already have, and you can decide to spend these to cause more damage or defend yourself further. So far, so normal.ĭoors of Insanity has a pretty neat feature though, in the form of dice. Death sends you back to the start with some new features unlocked for future runs by using crystals you’ve gained. You’ll know what your enemy plans to do, allowing you to make informed decisions about whether to block incoming damage or go on the offensive, whilst increasing your damage output through various power-ups. You’ll play your cards based on attack, defence, and buffs with differing energy costs meaning you’ll be limited in what you’ll be able to do each turn. Something like a difficulty with greater or lesser rewards on each door would certainly add a little variety here.īattles also play out like so many games in this genre. Often you are presented with three doors with identical options on them, meaning that your decision is pretty meaningless. This is very similar to this game’s inspiration, but it also lacks a map, meaning that any decision you make will be purely based on what’s in front of you, rather than you planning the route you’d most like to take.

Perhaps you’ll pick a standard battle, maybe an event, or a trader. Much like Slay the Spire, in Doors of Insanity you choose what sort of confrontation to have next. Just know that this world contains all sorts of strange characters and monsters that you’ll meet as you travel through the titular doors. That’s about it when it comes to story, so don’t expect much in the way of lore or world-building. Whilst it certainly shares some of the genre’s conventions, this young upstart does just enough different to make it stand out from the crowd.Īs far as plot goes, you play as a nameless, customisable hero who awakens in a realm of monsters. I’ve recently had an opportunity to play through Doors of Insanity which is currently in Early Access on Steam. From the big hitters like Slay the Spire and Monster Train, to lesser-known rivals such as The Last Hex and Fights in Tight Spaces I’ve played pretty much any one I can get my hands on.

I’ve become something of an aficionado of deck-building rogue-like games since writing for Big Boss Battle. Doors of Insanity has nothing to do with Jim Morrison going crazy.