I think I’ve played a couple of hours tops.

“Everything seems to be destined,” intones the blurb.

Hence the roguelite bit, then.

Character art for Realm of Ink - a florid ink-style painting of a young woman brandishing a sword

The character progression seems to be a mixture of limited-to-each-run and longer-term.

The game’s swish inky art direction is its obvious silver bullet, or perhaps, silver rope javelin.

The voice-acting is certainly lacking in the come-hither stakes.

Cover image for YouTube video

Still, I’ll let the internet’s fan artists make the final call.

Here’s theSteam page.

A screen from Realm of Ink, showing what looks like a collapsed stone temple with the remains of a huge statue in the top left

A screen from Realm of Ink, showing the character running between eerie dragon statues in a grey-green dark area

A screen from Realm of Ink showing the character performing a series of colourful energy-based special moves, represented as arcs and balls of light

A screen from Realm of Ink showing an ornate interior with statues, floor mats and standing ceramics