The Serpent Rogue

If you're someone who enjoys progression through discovery and problem solving, The Serpent Rogue is something you'll enjoy.

The Serpent Rogue is a beautifully crafted alchemic adventure with a gameplay system that I am constantly drawn to. It’s simple while still being very thought provoking and so much fun. The game can feel a little drawn out and dry between discoveries (and deaths) however the satisfaction of solving a problem becomes euphoric.

The Serpent Rogue is an interesting mashup. It’s part Souls-like, part crafting, and a whole lot of trial and error. It’s both accessible and challenging, adorable and inscrutable, and quite charming all the while.Read More

Published by Team17, the same fine folks behind the Worms series, as well as Yooka-Laylee, The Serpent Rogue advertises itself as a botanical action-adventure game. On top of that, your character is a plague doctor. Odd, to say the least, but all of this was an instant “yes” to me. With a bleak medieval landscape that the game is set in, the world matches the mood of the game incredibly. Once you start off a new save, you’re set off to learn as you go for the most part.

Back in 2018, developer Sengi Games announced their “botanical action adventure” The Serpent Rogue. Now, four years and a worldwide pandemic later, their game where you play as a plague doctor is released. The protagonist is dubbed “The Warden”, but they wear the traditional mask and hat of the physicians that treated those inflicted by the plague dating back to the 1600s. You, as the Warden, are tasked with ridding “the corruption” from a mythical land by using your alchemy skill...

It is a bit overly complicated to understand and as the player, I just felt lost far too often.