Knock on the Coffin Lid is a roguelite card battler with a choice of three different heroes for each run through. You start playing as Percival a warrior, then Bjorn a werewolf elf, then Vanadis an archer. For each hero as you play you open up four different classes and each hero / class has a different set of skills and cards and equipment available. The final boss battle varies according to hero and your choices during the run (this part I don’t follow understand).

Each battle is refreshingly different, Mortis who resurrects you each time offers comments as you go along, playing each hero helps you understand the story behind what is going on. Even after playing each hero, and reaching what I think was a successful ending, I’m not fully clear about the story.

I kept failing to change the equipment I was using between battles which is important. But that’s not Knock’s fault. For the final battle the menu to exit the game wasn’t immediately available. The game credits at the real end are worthwhile but you can’t pause them.

My 100 hours with this game was addictive fun. The best game of this ilk I’ve played.

Game menu

Choose your hero

Choose your hero class

World map

Typical battle

The final boss

One possible final battle

Statistics after a run