Still Be a Human

Still Be a Human is an action roguelike about descending the Tower of Shadows and combining artifacts with character abilities. Choose one of four heroes and fight the enemies of the Cult of Shadows as you make your way down from the tower’s top.

The heroes

Each hero has unique abilities and a different way to fight:

• Warrior: a sword-wielding melee fighter who uses piercing lunges, whirlwind attacks and a harpoon that draws distant enemies close.
• Ink Assassin: an agile throwing-weapons expert who uses shurikens, throwing daggers, smoke bombs and ink clones to attack without being touched.
• Mage: a wizard who combines elemental abilities to create attacks such as fiery tornadoes, ice beams and lightning bolts. Combining abilities can take down even the strongest enemies.
• Gunslinger: a pistol expert who can wield one or two guns and combine ammunition types, bombs and grenades with abilities to give them additional properties.

Weapons and artifacts

The tower holds 30 weapon types, including a volcanic-magma sword whose strikes cause fiery explosions, a shuriken that makes copies of itself when it hits an enemy, and a staff that fires bouncing beams.

You can also find 25 artifacts, forgotten objects of worship with effects such as creating black holes and fireballs or healing badly wounded warriors. Six Feature Stones grant properties such as surviving a fatal blow, escaping a crowd of enemies or improving weapon skills.

Ability upgrades

The heroes can acquire 135 ability upgrades as they descend. These can alter how their skills work: the Warrior can sharpen the harpoon to pierce enemies and pull them in together, while the Ink Assassin can link smoke bombs to hit more enemies. The Mage can master the elements to create several whirlwinds at once and grind up enemies caught between them.

Enemies and bosses

The tower is inhabited by numerous disfigured shadows of the Cult. Once people and even heroes, they have become unwilling residents of the tower and lost their human appearance. Six cultists sacrificed their bodies long ago to become immortal as Shadows. To complete their ritual, they need the last wandering shadow to find its own way to the tower and give its life.