Moonlighter – Nintendo Switch [Digital]

I think my first rogue-lite..? - Bought this game during a sale and I was caught off guard how addictive it it. It has a lot of elements taken from old Zelda games, but includes a lot more upgrading and RPG elements. Basically you go into dungeons and kill monsters to return to your shop and sell everything. You have full control over your shop items, and it is a lot of fun figuring out how much to sell things for and seeing your income after a good day. The game is repetitive, but as soon as a dungeon gets easy, you move to a new one with a different theme and monsters. The game is challenging, but if you air on the cautious side, you can always get enough materials to make money and level up your gear (which makes the dungeon easier). I am usually not a fan of random dungeons (rougue-lite/like), but the setting of constantly returning to town and selling things makes it ok. Also, it's a lot of fun to improve the town and your shop. For such a simple game, it can suck up a huge amount of hours.

Awesome - Daughter loves her video games. This is a winner..

Okay - I expected more from this game based on trailers. The game play loop of selling merchandise becomes old fast and a lot of the in game mechanics are either pointless or not worth the trouble (date systems, assistant, sales box, etc.) Nice style and graphics, though.