$2.99 (−90%)Othercide Sacrifice a sister, rise again
Command the Daughters through brutal turn-based battles against nightmarish creatures, where every loss costs something real.
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Combat built around the timeline
Every move and attack costs action points, and what you spend decides when you act next. Spend little and your Daughter moves up the timeline; spend much and she waits. The real trick is interrupting: delay an enemy's attack, counter it mid-swing, or set up a chain where one strike triggers another. You are not taking turns so much as conducting them. Plan a sequence, watch it unfold, and feel the fight bend around your decisions. Bosses push this hardest: huge creatures with delayed attacks you can break apart with the right counter at the right moment. Get the timing wrong and the same fight dismantles you.
Sacrifice as a way of life
There is no healing in Othercide. To mend a wounded Daughter, you sacrifice another of equal or higher level. Every choice cuts: keep your veteran alive at a sister's cost, or let her fall and lose her skills. Death is not the end of the run, though. When a cycle collapses, you return with permanent bonuses bought from shards earned along the way, and lost powers come back stronger. Each attempt makes the next one sharper. The Daughters themselves grow traits from what happens in battle, so your squad slowly becomes a record of everything you survived.
Is Othercide for you?
Can you play Othercide solo?
Yes, it is a singleplayer game only. You lead the Daughters alone, with no multiplayer or co-op of any kind. The whole run, from the first mission to the final boss, is you against the game.
How hard is it, really?
Hard. The game punishes mistakes fast: abilities cost health, healing means sacrifice, and a careless turn can end a Daughter. The first run is a lot of head-scratching, but permanent bonuses between cycles mean each attempt starts stronger. By your third run the systems click and the same fights feel winnable. If losing repeatedly sounds miserable rather than motivating, this is not your game.
Do your characters die forever?
A Daughter killed in battle is gone for that cycle, but not permanently. You can revive fallen Daughters with special tokens earned from bosses and rescue missions, keeping their traits, though their upgrades need re-earning. And when a whole run ends, you restart with permanent bonuses that carry over, so nothing is truly wasted.
What do you actually do between battles?
You manage your small army: summon new Daughters, level them, choose between two skills at each unlock, and slot memories into abilities for extra effects. Memories are not just lore, they literally become your weapons, adding effects to your attacks. You also decide who lives and who gets sacrificed, which shapes your squad far more than any stat screen.
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