Xanarthraxia

Xanarthraxia is a combat and adventure game built around matching shapes, defeating monsters and improving your character. You face an endless onslaught across six procedural worlds, where progress tests your timing, focus, reactions and coordination.

Match-based combat

You string together attacks by matching shapes before an enemy can react. Clearing every tile in play restores health, while consecutive successful strikes build your combo meter and let you unleash a super attack.

Progress and upgrades

Monsters grant XP, which lets you level up and choose perks that can alter a run, including extra armor, damage or time bonuses. There is no level cap, and you keep your XP after death. You can also collect and deposit gold as you try to get farther and improve your score.

Modes and competition

You can compete for a place on the worldwide leaderboards or try to beat your own high score. Local competition uses Steam Cloud stats. An unlockable Hardcore mode is available for dedicated players.

Style and controls

The game uses handcrafted pixel art with a retro Gameboy/Nokia feel and an original 8-bit chiptune soundtrack. Its single-button gameplay uses either the mouse or the numpad. It also includes five obtainable Steam achievements.