Tomb Toad 4+

The perfect game to bend your mind no matter how much time you have to play.

Tomb Toad takes the tight control and rewarding difficulty of a souls-like and mixes it with a Super Mario 3-like world and a gravity based puzzler. It may sound like an odd combination but the gameplay fits perfectly alongside it’s charming lo-fi graphics, fantastic pixel animations, catchy chip-tune soundtrack, and clever sense of humor.

Each stage has a unique look and feel where the introduction of new dungeon denizens changes the mechanics and style of gameplay keeping it feeling fresh. The boss fights are equally unique and fit the overall theme of each stage well. It also gives you the freedom to explore the tombs and the overworld at your own pace with near constant auto saves and a non-linear progression.

The level editor is intuitive to use and fully realized. The copy/paste mechanism for sharing your creations makes it simple to send them directly to other players or to post on Twitter.

I really enjoy this game, it is pretty tough and there is a slight learning curve with the controls when the difficulty starts to ramp up but overall I love the feel and style of the game worth the $. I do wish there was an easy place within the game to post user created levels because I love making them but want to try out other people’s creations. So that would be a really nice added feature !!

Tomb Toad is a highly addictive and inventive mobile game that will provide hours worth of pixelated dungeon fun. A throwback to retro gaming with unique mechanics, challenging gameplay, and a little bit of puzzle DNA thrown in. It’s well worth the purchase price for the amount of levels you get to work your way through. The style, soundtrack, and overall theme takes me right back to getting my first NES circa 1987.