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Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Loop Hero 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 5 months ago.
Play Overview
It's set after the world has ended. You wake in a small camp and set out to rebuild things on a series of expeditions. Each expedition starts on a looped path in an empty landscape. Your character automatically moves around the loop, fighting enemies he encounters. You take damage from these encounters but regain health each day and each time you complete a loop.
At any point you can switch to planning mode to equip armour and place cards that you earn by killing enemies. This is the main way you affect the success or failure of each run. By playing mountain, meadow, forest and building cards you offer your hero different benefits. But you also need to be careful as these biomes can also spawn new enemies.
Careful placing of terrain features next to each other modifies their effect. For example, placing lots of mountains together provides additional health but also spawns new enemies. You also gain equipment from slain enemies that increase your attack, defence, health regeneration, and other attributes.
What starts as a super simple dungeon exploration soon evolves into a complex combination of selecting the right cards for your next run, then placing the correct combination of cards next to each other to maximise their benefits.
You make your way around the path until you reach the end of the loop. Here you have the option to retreat back to your base with all your loot, or carry on and risk losing much of it if you die. Either way you soon end up back at base you can use collected resources to build new structures offering better food and weapons.
Out on PC, coming to Switch.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
- Distract yourself from anxiety
- Play your first indie game
- Automate your game world
- See games as a career
- Peel back the onion skin
- Generate serotonin
Play Style
Duration
Age Ratings
Rated for younger players in Australia. Rated Parental Guidance (PG) for Mild Violence.
Not yet rated. Likely to be PEGI 7 and ESRB EVERYONE 10+. Although there is violence and characters react to getting hit, the pixilated graphics do not have blood. Bodies do fall to the floor when killed and remain there until the end of the battle.
You can create areas on the map called Blood Grove, spawn Vampires, Fields of Blades and Skeletons.
Skill Level
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. Although the 8-bit graphics may put off some children, the core looping mechanic is simple enough for youngsters to enjoy. They often warm to the power they have to make the hero's life easier or harder. Older player enjoy perfecting each run and researching the varied combinations of each card.
Our Game Pathways reveal how 12-year-olds play this game:
- 12-year-old: Planning For Other's Abilities
Costs
Loop Hero
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
Game Details
Release Date: 03/02/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Content Rating: PEGI 12
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Battle, Sequencing, Strategy (Brain Game, Collecting, Fighting and Role-Play)
Accessibility: 17 features
Components: 2D Overhead, Cards, Grid, Hand-Made and Pixels

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