Man, I wish I were playing Crypt of the NecroDancer right now

It’s out on Steam Early Access

Are you playing ? You should be playing Crypt of the NecroDancer.

It’s a rhythm-based roguelike in which you hop around dungeons to the beat of music, a novel mechanic that ends up being enjoyable — not burdensome, as it might appear in trailers — and keeps the game feeling action-oriented despite the Rogue influences.

And the soundtrack? Quite possibly my favorite music from Danny Baranowsky to date (though you can play NecroDancer to your own music too — Daft Punk’s “Face to Face” works well).

I’ll openly admit that I wasn’t totally sold on the game’s concept before playing, but the execution is there. Whether you want to get in now while Crypt of the NecroDancer is still in ($14.99; Windows/Mac/Linux) is up to you. Personally, I tend to avoid unfinished games wherever po꧒ssible, but I feel this is far enough along in development෴ to justify playing now.

It’s all-around terrific. Also, that singing shopkeeper!