Malice & Greed is a Roguelike Turn-based RPG where you force enemies & bosses to join you after each fight, sell them to the Shady Smuggler, and butcher them to steal their skills. Customize & upgrade a new team every run to build the ultimate combo as you battle to reach Nirvana!
Players can force defeated enemies to join their team, creating an interesting risk-reward dynamic. Do you defeat powerful enemies quickly, or prolong the fight for a chance to recruit them? Players can also "butcher" enemies to steal their skills for the protagonist, granting new abilities and playstyle options. Fusing enemies together allows further customization of party members. This party-building system, which blends monster-collecting and deckbuilding, sits at the core of the gameplay loop.
The combat heavily borrows from the Press Turn system of the Shin Megami Tensei series. Attacks and abilities have various damage types that can be effective or ineffective against different enemies. Exploiting enemy weaknesses grants the player extra actions, creating tactical depth. Players must carefully manage their shared action points and juggle the abilities of their party members to gain advantages. The emphasis on status effects, resistances, and synergies between skills and party members adds substantial strategic complexity to the turn-based battles.
Each run presents new challenges, requiring players to adapt their strategies. Between runs, players can unlock new starting characters, abilities, and upgrades to customize their experience. The game's scope, with over 500 skills and 80 relics, provides a high degree of replayability as players experiment with different party compositions and playstyles.
The game features a gritty, neon-tinged art style with unique enemy designs, creating a cohesive and immersive cyberpunk setting. The intense, metal-influenced soundtrack perfectly complements the tone and atmosphere, contributing to the game's strong identity.
The development team has been consistently updating the game with new content, balance changes, and bug fixes based on community feedback. This level of post-launch support has been praised by players, who appreciate the developers' dedication to improving and expanding the experience over time.