Motion Twin has laid a foundation that is structurally brilliant. The movement is tight, the art is gorgeous, and the cross-run progression is clever. Right now, Windblown is a beautiful, fast, skeleton of a game—but it’s a skeleton made of diamond.
You hate repetitive boss fights or you need a 50-hour single-player campaign immediately.
When the flesh gets added, this might be the best co-op roguelite on the market.
The art style is a massive shift. Gone are the pixel-art dungeons; in their place is a colorful, low-poly, almost diorama-like aesthetic. Think Fortnite meets Jet Set Radio , filtered through a French indie lens. The world "sings" with neon pinks, deep blues, and lush greens. If you’ve played Hades or Risk of Rain 2 , you’ll feel right at home—until you die. Windblown introduces a unique "Memory" system.
The result is Windblown —and after spending the weekend diving into the Early Access build, I can safely say: they’ve done it again. While Dead Cells was a grim, decaying castle, Windblown is vibrant, vertical, and terrifyingly fast. You play as a Leaper, one of the last survivors of a floating village trying to retrieve a stolen heart from a massive, vortex-spewing beast called the Vortex.
As of this writing, the content volume is slim. There are only two main biomes and one final boss. You will see everything the game has to offer in about 4-5 hours. However, the replayability is high due to the weapon variety and challenge modifiers.
