Source of Madness

Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.

Source of Madness is a rogue-lite, lovecraftian and action game developed by Carry Castle and published by Thunderful Publishing.
Released on May 11th 2022 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Thai and Turkish.

It has received 951 reviews of which 704 were positive and 247 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Source of Madness into these genres:

Rogue-lite Lovecraftian Action Metroidvania Dark Souls-like Magic 2D Dark Fantasy Atmospheric Fantasy Action RPG Action Roguelike Mystery Action-Adventure Combat Procedural Generation Singleplayer Roguevania Physics

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: Intel i5+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
Storage: 500 MB available space
Additional Notes: DirectX 9.1+ or OpenGL 3.2+

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

yes with asterisks. Simply put, the game has a vibe in terms of aesthetics and feel that can make people overlook the flaws, as I did. this is essentially procedurally generated, sidescrolling, roguelite, lovecratian Diablo if any of those words are red flags, I wouldn't get it. I like lovecraftian stuff, and the gameplay isn't bad, ergo, I like what I'm playing.

Oct. 2024

The game is a mix of both good and bad, with elements that seem to clash. Instead of calling it simply bizarre or alien, I think terms like 'chaotic' or 'confusing' better describe its nature. It feels like a glimpse into true, indescribable madness that resists easy explanation. I believe it could have been much better with just a bit more refinement and focus. 어쩌면 이런 것이 형언할 수 없는 광기인걸까.

Oct. 2024

i like the physics sort of thing going on but if you just did an Angela Anaconda type of aesthetic in the game instead of using ai and just went with it. I would had liked that better because the game still reminded me the Angela Anaconda caused a divorce. believe me just go down with that. also please do fixes on the graphics and hitboxes because sometimes the ai-gen is not doing well

June 2024

I am no soulslike/metroidvania/roguelike officionado. This game is sort of like if Noita was written by HP lovecraft and someone on the team was perversely obsessed with procedural generation. I love it. You do casting, not melee, and your spells are things you spam, with low cooldown. You avoid being killed by monsters by hiding in their hundreds of armpits, looking for when the telegraph that that armpit will start emitting poison gas. I wish the time taken to restart a game was lower because I die every 5 minutes.

June 2024

I think a lot of the negative reviews are being a bit too picky. Carry Castle is a one-man development studio, and they're trying to do something pretty cool. I think we should be generally supportive of such efforts. The AI generated beings in Source of Madness are quite possibly the closest we've gotten to the unintelligible madness at the core of lovecraftian cosmic horror. AI is particularly suited to this, since it is, well unintelligible, having no actual connection to logic. I wouldn't accept AI being involved in any other game, but strangely, it works here. It's a bag of jank, to be sure, but it's fun and intriguing. The crazy things still manage to pop out at you with one, none, or 1,000 legs. It works.

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