- Role-playing (RPG), Fantasy
Shiren the Wanderer and his companion, Koppa the talking ferret, return for an all-new roguelike dungeon crawling adventure on Serpentcoil Island! After receiving a vision of a mysterious girl held captive by a terrible monster, Shiren and Koppa make their way to Serpentcoil Island—a distant isle rumored to be the lost stronghold of treasure hoarding pirates.
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Classical in form, plot-driven, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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RPG FanBen LoveFeb 202498/100Spike Chunsoft returns to their flagship series with must-play entry for any fan of roguelike RPGs, delivering one of the most mechanically deep games I've played in years.
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PC GamerKerry BrunskillJan 202589/100Flexible, fun, and ferocious too, this roguelike has more than enough dungeon diving for everyone.
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TheSixthAxisMiguel MoranFeb 20249/10Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island is the gold standard for mystery dungeon games. Every system, item, and mechanic come together in endlessly dynamic ways, reaching levels of emergent and exciting gameplay that I've never experienced in the world of roguelikes.
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CGMagazineJordan BiordiFeb 20246/10Shiren the Wanderer may have pioneered the roguelike genre, but this latest entry sure hasn’t advanced it in any positive way.
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Cubed3Nikola SuprakJul 20256/10It is clear that Serpentcoil Island was largely made for longtime fans of the series. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and players who already love Shiren and can embrace the high-stakes risk-reward loop should welcome him back to the gaming landscape with open arms. Serpentcoil Island offers intense dungeon crawling with minimal frills, and there definitely is an audience that will gobble this up and come back for more. However, for newcomers or casual players, the learning curve will likely prove too steep and the payoff feels like too much of a trek to get to. Even experienced roguelike players who have come to enjoy the genre’s modern expansions may find this new Shiren a bit too dated in design to hold interest. It feels like it will enthrall certain audiences and bore others to tears, with very little middle ground between those two extremes.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Spike Chunsoft
- Publisher
- Spike Chunsoft
- Released
- January 25, 2024
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
IGDB rating 8.6/10 from 5 ratings.
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