Loot Rascals

Loot Rascals is a turn-based strategy roguelike video game developed and published by British independent game studio Hollow Ponds.^[1] The game released on March 7, 2017, for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4. Loot Rascals received mixed reviews from critics.

Loot Rascals
Developer	Hollow Ponds
Publisher	Hollow Ponds
Director	Ricky Haggett
Producer	Pat Ashe
Designers	Ricky Haggett Jonathan Whiting Max Foster
Programmer	Max Foster
Artists	Swatpaz Meowza Jon Boam Maki Yoshikura
Composers	Grandmaster Gareth Cassini Sound
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
Release	March 7, 2017
Genres	Roguelike, turn-based strategy
Mode	Single-player

Development

Hollow Ponds announced Loot Rascals for PC and PlayStation 4 on May 25, 2016, with a release date of early 2017.^[2]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 71/100[3] PS4: 71/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	8.5/10[5]
Game Informer	7.75/10[6]
GameSpot	5/10[7]
Push Square	[8]
Digitally Downloaded	[9]

Loot Rascals received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[3][4]

Push Square's Kell Andersen rated the game 6/10 stars, calling it an "intriguing" and an "infectiously charming" roguelike. Andersen praised the central mechanics of the game, but criticized the card-based stat system as offering "little strategic variety". He also felt that the game's procedural generation could be "frustrating".^[8]

Nick Valdez of Destructoid rated the game 8.5/10.^[5]

Reviewing for Game Informer, Suriel Vazquez wrote that the game's deck-building was "smart", the combat was "breezy", and the strategy layer was "interesting". Vazquez felt that the combination of procedural generation and the game's difficulty made him feel like a "victim of chance" instead of a "mastermind".^[6]

GameSpot's James O'Connor gave the game a 5/10, praising the visuals and monster design, but believed that the game did not have "enough narrative substance to create long-term investment".^[7]