Inventory Hero

released on Jun 13, 2022
by Panic

Inventory Hero is a frantically paced role-playing game where you leave the exploration and the monster battles to the computer so you can focus on the true meaning of adventure: managing your inventory. Drop the trash, equip the good stuff, save the potions for a rainy day, and remember to watch out for rabbits…


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Cute and quick! Great to pick up for an hour when you need a little brain break :)

A great little arcadey experience. Cute and fun little items with some cool theming for your inventory, and a fast paced and twitchy decision making mechanic where you speed min/max. Not too deep or complex, but a great little arcade game to play a few rounds of, and score chase. I wish it just shuffled or looped types of levels when you clear the end, or maybe have a true end and an endless mode, but it's fun that it's the glitch themed levels.

Quite a cool premise, and I had fun with this at first but the novelty wore off fast and I didn't feel compelled to do more than a couple runs.

Em conceito, é uma ideia bem legal e uma forma bem diferente de fazer uma aventura inspirada em RPGs clássicos. Na prática, a dependência absurda de aleatoriedade, a limitação visual do Playdate e a falta de progressão definitiva não me deram vontade de jogar mais que 2 partidas.

Inventory Hero has a unique concept and some great looking art but the game isn't engaging enough to inspire repeat plays. I managed to get through what appeared to be the final boss because the game began looping the final stage endlessly before losing to some bad RNG, and it never built enough depth to require more than minimal brain power. If you've played this for five minutes, you've experienced all of the gameplay that this game has to offer. It also doesn't do anything special with the Playdate's special features, making it a poor representative of the system itself.

A cool idea, but didn't capture my interest due to a lack of progression and an over-reliance on randomisation