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What is Spirit Mancer?
Spirit Mancer is a 2D hack n’ slash side scroller with a unique deck-building mechanic available now on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch.
You find yourself in a strange new world and are given the powers of the Spirit Mancer. Fight your way through hoards of enemies, capture their souls, and use them to defeat the evil queen. Do you have what it takes to fulfill the prophecy, or will you become a spirit yourself? Will you ever find your way back home?
Gameplay
Like most hack-n-slash games, players fight through hordes of monsters with a ranged and melee attack. What makes Spirit Mancer unique is its spirit-taming mechanic. Breaking an enemy’s shield makes it catchable. Catching a monster’s spirit turns it into a card that a player can use to summon whenever. Summoning a monster uses up the card, and frees space for another capture.
As the player progresses through the map, they will build a deck of monsters that will help them fight the evil queen. Each monster has a unique attack and a limited duration for their summon.
Each monster has a weakness to a type of attack. Switching between ranged, melee, and spirit attacks is key to efficiently capturing and defeating enemies.
Review
Spirit Mancer is an interesting game with a unique premise. I enjoyed every minute of it! this game looks great. The game has some very cool pixel art with some very impressive cut scenes that you need to see at least once. The story is fine. It is a bit on the silly side, but it gives the game its charm.
The gameplay is so much fun. I loved the hack-n-slash roots, especially since I mostly played this game on my Steam Deck. What kept me playing however was its unique card mechanic. Trying to catch the right monsters for my deck and knowing when to use them kept me engaged. It is such a cool idea with an excellent execution that you should try at least once. Make sure you check out the demo.
If you enjoy side scrollers, Spirit Mancer is a unique one that looks good, is steam deck compatible, and is a lot of fun.
Go check it out on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch! If you’re planning to get Spirit Mancer on PC, wait for the Steam Fall sale Nov. 27 – Dec. 4 just in case.