Krevholt is a roguelite tomb-delve. You rob the Krevorn tombs of the Iron-Fog Coast one floor at a time: your cards cast themselves, you steer the hero, and each floor's way down stays sealed until the enemy holding it is dead. A run lasts until you die, or until you take the way down on depth 60 and win. What you carry out is Slag, spent at the Forge on ranks that make every later run stronger.
GameplayFloors, offers, ranks, loot, traps, Slag and who holds the way down.
SettingsEvery row of the three Settings pages.
From launch into a run
How to play
- You never press a cast key. Every card casts itself when its cooldown is up and a foe is where it needs one: most fire at a foe in the 90° in front of you, melee within 3 m and ranged or spell within 14 m. So where you stand and which way you face is the whole of your aim.
- Kill the holder, then take the way down. Each floor's portal is sealed until the guardian or boss that holds it is dead. Walk to the open portal and press E (pad south face button) to descend. Chests open the same way.
- Health does not come back by itself. It carries from floor to floor. Heal from the globes some kills drop (9% of your health), by stepping into a breather chamber (45%, once per chamber), with healing cards, or with health on new gear.
- Every level-up brings two offers of four cards, first a spell (an active card), then a passive. The clock stops while any offer is open.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard and mouse | Gamepad |
|---|---|---|
| Move | WASD or the arrow keys | Left stick |
| Walk to a point | Left mouse on the floor (hold to keep steering) | — |
| Turn | Move the mouse while standing | Right stick |
| Open a chest, descend | E | South face button |
| Take card 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1 2 3 4, or click | West, north, east, then right shoulder |
| Move between cards, take it | ←→, then Enter or Space | D-pad or left stick, then south face button |
| Pause | Esc | Menu/Start (also east face button when no cards are up) |
While cards are on screen the arrow keys move between them instead of moving the hero; WASD still walk. The keys cannot be rebound. Face-button names here describe their positions, so they work across controller brands.
Between runs
- THE FORGE spends Slag: fourteen tracks of stat ranks, and four more bodies at 60 Slag each. It also holds the free appearance pages: hair, beard and hair colour.
- DEEDS lists the game's 100 achievements (Steam gets the same ones). Hidden ones read A deed not yet spoken of until you earn them.
- Slag is banked the moment you earn it: dying, abandoning a run or quitting loses none of it.
