Jupiter Hell Reviews

Doom flavored straightforward roguelike. Its a brutal good time.

Played DoomRL a fair bit back in the day, this takes it to another level. Struggled a bit to progress before checking out the YouTube and Steam guides, now I understand the mechanics better the runs just flow. Nothing seems unfair and most failures are due to being impatient. I generally prefer rogue likes that have "meta progression", so you improve stats permanently after each run. This has none of that, and somehow I don't care. The learning IS the progression. Plays really well on a controller, which I didn't expect but much appreciate for someone that has physical issues playing with keyboard and mouse for extended periods of time. Voice acting is a gem. Download DoomRL and it if tickles your fancy in the slightest just grab this.

Cool game with lots of replayability.

Well I guess it's about time to write this review. Great game, you will die a lot in ways that will appear random and meaningless to you but over time these deaths will transform you and you will start to pick up on signs that will preceed your deaths, become wily and cunning, reload after every fight, tiptoe back out of empty rooms with three closed doors, shoot out doors from a distance, wait before advancing to ambush your pursuers, strategically clear the map and probably work out a good build (or ten, there are endless combinations). And that way you get to Nightmare difficulty where you don't have time for all that and go with the flow, or think your way through it step by step, whatever your style is. It goes on after that but I am not ready for the higher challenges yet.

I started my gaming journey on a DOS-driven 486. The stakes were low, the graphics were terrible, and the biggest challenge was remembering the executable command just to launch the game. I’ve been an addict from the start, but it was the kind of addiction that felt like chugging a warm can of Jolt Cola—cheap, fizzy, and good for a 90-second sugar high before dying in a pixelated leisure suit or being eaten by a Grue. That was also when I stumbled into the roguelike rabbit hole. From a five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy loaded with Moria to the time-honored chaos of NetHack, roguelikes were a blast—even if they now feel like dusty relics from a time most modern gamers barely remember (if they were even alive). Fast forward to today, and roguelikes have mutated. While many are just pixel-polished rehashes of their ASCII ancestors, Jupiter Hell is a whole different beast. It’s not just a game—it’s a substance abuse problem wrapped in techno-industrial design, deep upgrade trees, and an unholy amount of blood and guts. It’s heroin in code form. You die. You restart. You die again. You tell yourself, “Just one more run,” and suddenly it’s 3 a.m., your eyes are dry, and you’re emotionally invested in a tiny character who talks shit every time you try to reload without ammo. All this while you’re grappling with the existential realization that there was once a time before controllers—when your survival depended entirely on a keyboard and blind faith. The point? Jupiter Hell is amazing. Buy it. Lose sleep. You’ll thank me later.

Wooo! This is a blast! Great turn-based roguelite with a great setting! I am just scratching the surface and I really enjoy the gameplay loop.

This is a fun game, with a very Doom-like setting with some 90's run-and-gun flair. The particular turn-based movement and auto-aim firing is quite different, but works. While the control scheme was a little strange to begin with, it didn't take too long to get used to it. The different guns are interesting, but I found myself defaulting to things with lots of ammo and range. Shotguns feel awkward, and have yet to try out the melee. Overall, I would recommend it. I did get it on sale, so that may have influenced my opinion.

Very slick and nice and hard game definitly a hard core roguelike with no flaws in terms of code and gameplay

An excellent, criminally underrated classic roguelike with a focus on action and fast-paced runs with no sacrifice to depth and replayability. Stuffed with content and well worth the price; did I mention how it's Doom Roguelike with the serial numbers filed off? Expect a challenge and really engaging with the systems to even have a chance.

Fast, brutally difficult, and simplistic yet DEEP gameplay. Feels like a perfect combination of Doom and chess. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a traditional roguelike due to the character classes and skills leaning to much less build variety, but the classes are immensely fun regardless. Just wish it had more RNG so that you have to strategize with what you're given. Cannot WAIT for Jupiter Hell Classic now, especially with the story behind this game and DRL