Mimicry

Mimicry is a top-down dungeon crawler where you play as a mimic: a creature that looks like a chest to lure in prey. Instead of clearing waves of monsters, you fight waves of adventurers as you move through a dungeon and drive out the humans who have invaded your home.

Reclaim the dungeon

You explore six distinct floors, each with its own character, enemies and challenges. Hide among crates, barrels and real chests to ambush explorers, or charge through pillared halls to confront them directly. Some floors have tunnels to navigate without being detected; others require you to keep the lights on to advance. Clearing a floor opens the way forward, but invaders can try to reclaim cleared areas. Earlier levels can also contain useful items for later.

You reclaim areas taken by invaders or corruption and rescue mimic friends who can help rebuild the society of mimics living in the dungeon’s stone halls.

Hunt and hide

Combat combines fighting groups of enemies with hiding in the shadows and choosing when to attack. A suspicion bar tracks whether adventurers see you as an ordinary chest or realize you are a man-eating monster. Staying still and removing witnesses can lower suspicion, while moving around and openly eating people sends it into the red.

Choose a mimic

You can play as one of four specialized mimics, each with its own skills, combat focus and playstyle. The four classes are divided between wooden and reinforced mimics, with a light and heavy class for each type. Wooden mimics emphasize speed, movement and stealth, while reinforced mimics combine traits of human weapons with their own mimic abilities.