Wildfrost

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7

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  1. LegitMan
    May 5, 2023
    2
    Wow, what an awful deck builder roguelite. bad mechanics, bad design. Synergies suck.
    It gets way to credit for what it is.
    So many things are wrong with it, how it limits your potential for trying new build. punishes you as a new player and basically making it impossible to beat a run on your first tries just because the game didnt unlock enough meta progression stuff. WTFFFF. Dog    Wow, what an awful deck builder roguelite. bad mechanics, bad design. Synergies suck.
    It gets way to credit for what it is.
    So many things are wrong with it, how it limits your potential for trying new build.
    punishes you as a new player and basically making it impossible to beat a run on your first tries just because the game didnt unlock enough meta progression stuff. WTFFFF.
    Dog **** of a game.
    I give it 2 for visuals, that's it.
    Unrewarding waste of time, save your money and effort.    … Expand
  2. SpookyDonkey
    Jul 1, 2023
    6
    No chances to course correct in this game. Extremely unforgiving, to it's detriment.
  3. Dexter991
    May 9, 2023
    8
    What an absolutely fantastic and addicting game to everyone who really like card dickbuilding games this is for you without a second thought enjoy it everyone its a really fun game and its not as hard as people claim its just require a bit more thinking and strategy keep playing and you'll get that broken build eventually
  4. Black_S
    Aug 22, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, how to describe Wildfrost?
    Beautiful card design, game mechanics that are well made, and good music.
    The gameplay is different. At one side easy, at other side hard.

    At first, I spent a long time trying to finish the game; now I'm trying to beat (spoiler) my former team (/spoiler). It's frustrating at times, but maybe that's why I enjoy it. Finally, a game that doesn't try to please everyone but stands up for itself.    … Expand
  5. MiltonBurle
    May 9, 2023
    9
    This game is up there with Slay the Spire and Monster Train - it's that good. There have been a lot of reviews complaining about the difficulty. To start with, the game is tricky for sure. It has a lot of unique mechanics and it took me a while to start winning runs. Key things to grasp are positioning and recall of units, and not leaning into one mechanic too heavily. Once this gameThis game is up there with Slay the Spire and Monster Train - it's that good. There have been a lot of reviews complaining about the difficulty. To start with, the game is tricky for sure. It has a lot of unique mechanics and it took me a while to start winning runs. Key things to grasp are positioning and recall of units, and not leaning into one mechanic too heavily. Once this game clicks it's fantastic - each run is different and there are fun ways of "breaking" the game with overpowered synergies. There's a tonne of value here too - three factions to learn, a daily run with online leaderboards and a tonne of fun achievements to shoot for. The visuals and general theme are fantastic and the music is catchy but non-intrusive. Don't listen to the haters - give it a try and spend some time learning the mechanics.… Expand
  6. zZonic
    Jun 25, 2023
    9
    Can't stop playing it! Such creative game mechanics, such beautiful card art!
    I will recommend this to as many people as I can, thank you for making this!
  7. Bigbary
    Aug 9, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has hours of enthralling gameplay allowing you to create and use a variety of different cards to create insanely overpowered combos. However when you beat the final boss it makes your deck become the final boss.
    This makes the game so much fun as you delve into runs creating teams that are strong enough to beat your last team progressively increasing the difficulty as you make better and better teams to beat your last one.
    This adds infinite replay-ability and challenge to the game    … Expand

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. 4P.de
    May 29, 2023
    84
    Wildfrost is an excellent roguelike deck builder, able to stand out from the crowded genre with fresh ideas and outstanding presentation. The ice-cold level of difficulty still needs a bit of fine-tuning.
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  2. Finger Guns
    May 3, 2023
    80
    Sleek presentation and engrossingly deep gameplay makes Wildfrost a distinctive roguelike deckbuilder. It’s a brutal learning curve that might snow you in, but if you persevere and learn you’ll have an overall great time with the game.
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  3. Siliconera
    Apr 14, 2023
    70
    So far though, I’ve liked what I’ve seen in Wildfrost. I’m a big fan of how cute the art is in this otherwise brutal game. Plus, it was really easy to just pick up and play. But I wish that the game allowed me to refresh my options in the beginning or made expanding Snowdwell feel a bit more rewarding. I enjoyed unlocking new cards, but there was never much fanfare. I also wished I could use leftover bling instead of accomplishments to add more cards to the hub. You really needed to get lucky with RNG to get the necessary cards. Nonetheless, Wildfrost is a game as beautiful, cruel, and cold as its sunless environment. Players going in will have to prepare to sink hours into building their dream deck… and punching their pillow.
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