Lone Ruin is a very bare bones new roguelike from Cuddle Monster Games that features 1 repeatable track of levels and bosses. I would say this is one of the most under developed games I can remember, not from a polish or quality standpoint but just from a content perspective. There is only 1 level that features about 15 rooms and 3 bosses, once you beat it you get the end credits, there is no story at all, there are only about 8 different enemy types, and the rooms and animations are similar and static throughout.

The moment to moment gameplay is pretty fun if not at all innovative or inspiring. You start with 1 weapon and a dash and upgrade as you go through the rooms, picking up new spells and passives, we've all done this before ad nauseum at this point in gaming. The aesthetics though for this game are very good, the animations, art-style, and visuals all pop on the screen which is so strange because the actual game is so thin. It seriously feels almost like a demo or early access launch.

I played this exclusively on Steam Deck with no issues, it took me under 2 hours (Seriously) to complete a full playthrough. Because there is no difficulty spike built in and no permanent upgrades there is really no reason you couldn't just beat it on your first run if you got some good spells and upgrades. Overall, for $15 there is just not enough there, am hoping for some free updates and new modes, because the bones here are good.