Journey of a Roach
Journey of a Roach
Game
Game2015
SKYHILL
Developer Mandragora
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both... From the Steam store page
99 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
LovedLoved
69 positive · 20 negative
95% range 68–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 69 | 20 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
592 of 852 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 62 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 82 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (4,532 of 5,788 positive).
Players are divided on Skyhill, with many praising its atmosphere and premise but criticizing heavy reliance on RNG. [1][2][3] Some find the game addictive and fun despite its flaws, while others call it unfair and lacking strategy. [4][5][6] The turn-based combat and crafting system receive mixed feedback, with some enjoying the challenge and others finding them tedious. [7][3][8]
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Representative posts
- [6]
No skill required at all. Completely based on luck. I don't mind RNG, when I feel like I can use my brain to work around it. But that's impossible, as there is really no strategy to the game. It's just rolling of the dice on each run.
- [1]
Pros: + Voiceovers are good. + Premise is unique. + Story is cool at parts. + Rogue-lite mechanics are challenging at first run. Cons: - Zero replay value, once its done its gone - Low variety of monsters - Crafting is laughable, zero depth, all luck based finds... - Zero wonder factor after first run - Looks hurried and unpolished at parts - Low variety on exploration. - Combat is abysmal [잔잔하게 몰입해서 오랫만에 재미있게 한 …
- [4]
SKYHILL – where you eat your last can of beans and die with dignity You check into a fancy hotel, the apocalypse hits, and suddenly you're tiptoeing down 100 floors of mutant-infested nightmare fuel. No food, no bandages, and the monsters are not in the mood. Simple game, but weirdly addictive. Each run feels like this might be the one... (spoiler: it’s not). Perfect for when you want to experience hunger, despair, …
- [5]
Actually insane how bad this game is on almost every conceivable level.. It should be studied in schools. EVERYTHING is RNG, your only decisions as a player come down to whether or not you want to engage with it, it makes XCOM accuracy look like esports Counterstrike, the story is hilariously edgy, the continue bug where everything previously killed decides to just respawn is inexplicable BS, and the poison mechanic …
- [2]
🎯 Rating: 7.2/10 📜 Overview SKYHILL is a survival roguelike game developed by Mandragora and released in 2015. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it follows the story of a man named Perry, who is trapped in a luxurious hotel after a global biological attack. Players must survive on the top floor of the hotel while navigating through different floors filled with mutated enemies and limited resources. The game …
Summarised from 34 of the 92 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
76% of the 82 Steam reviewers we collected recommend SKYHILL. The complaint that keeps coming up: heavy reliance on luck and RNG. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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60 of 99 · most liked firstPros: + Voiceovers are good. + Premise is unique. + Story is cool at parts. + Rogue-lite mechanics are challenging at first run. Cons: - Zero replay value, once its done its gone - Low variety of monsters - Crafting is laughable, zero depth, all luck based finds... - Zero wonder factor after first run - Looks hurried and unpolished at parts - Low variety on exploration. - Combat is abysmal [잔잔하게 몰입해서 오랫만에 재미있게 한 게임임[턴제겜] 볼륨이 그리 크지 않다는게 아쉽지만 오랫만에 재밌게 한 게임이라 추천하고 싶음[운도 필요] > 놓침 추가 차례! 놓침
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT: I have added further comments below. This game isn't particularly fun or difficult. To clarify: Yes. It's a roguelike. You start out without any passive or active abilities, and you have to "learn" them as you re-live your life. I started the game in normal mode, and made it down to floor 59. That's almost half way to the bottom on my first go-around. That's unheard of in most roguelikes. The battle system and enemies lack any particular flair. Called shots make things interesting,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →80% chance to hit - MISS 80% chance to hit - MISS 90% chance to hit - MISS DEAD UNINSTALLED
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid 7 out of 10, this game is just point n survive kind of game. I completed this game in like 5 hrs and all i used was my LMB and not a single key from my keyboard. It was supposed to be a fun and chill speed-run of achievements but what i got was a nightmare kind of difficulty in NORMAL mode,, mind u in normal mode... which i never expected but I didn't back down and completed the game in normal mode only. Also this game has a luck factor.. like u open rooms and u don't find any salvage…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’ve ever wished Elevator Action were transformed into a horrifying roguelike with crafting, Skyhill is exactly that. It’s not a combination I ever would have imagined, but it’s surprising how well all the elements blend together into a tense and enjoyable experience. The game balances simple, accessible gameplay with enough underlying systems to keep things interesting. Crafting, scavenging, and experimenting with different survival strategies give each run a sense of discovery. You’re…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No skill required at all. Completely based on luck. I don't mind RNG, when I feel like I can use my brain to work around it. But that's impossible, as there is really no strategy to the game. It's just rolling of the dice on each run.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎯 Rating: 7.2/10 📜 Overview SKYHILL is a survival roguelike game developed by Mandragora and released in 2015. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it follows the story of a man named Perry, who is trapped in a luxurious hotel after a global biological attack. Players must survive on the top floor of the hotel while navigating through different floors filled with mutated enemies and limited resources. The game features strategic resource management, crafting, and turn-based combat. The goal is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has solid mechanics, but RNG rules your fate. Lucky? Fun. Unlucky? Worst game ever.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's better to have no twist at all than having a boring, overplayed, predictable one. That's all I'll say about the story. That would have been forgivable, but the game is... just rolling dice. There is no strategy, there is no outplaying, there is no playing the odds, there is no path to follow. Did you get an enemy before a weapon? Restart. Did you miss too many of your mandatory 50% rolls? You're done. Not enough food spawned? You're done. The building is not cooperating with the materials…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨Stream starting in 13 minutes!🚨 Today we are attempting to play through SKYHILL on hard difficulty! With all of our experience, things should go smooth... or we get killed in less than ten minutes. In today's episode: Hard? No trouble... Link in the comments!👇 #ENVtuber #IndieHorror #IndieGame
neutral · AI labelView post →skyhill has a lot of bugs that are game breaking, while fighting larger zombies the game would freeze and cause me to restart the game, i also got trapped outside the building sometimes. the devs need to fix all bugs and glitches
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Skyhill, developed by Mandragora and published by Daedalic Entertainment, is a survival rogue-like game that attempts to blend tense resource management with procedural exploration and light RPG mechanics. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, you play as Perry, a businessman who finds himself trapped in the VIP penthouse of the luxurious Skyhill Hotel after a biological catastrophe devastates the outside world. The premise is immediately compelling—100 floors separate you from the ground, and each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is so random there is no way to improve or build on what you learn. Either you find what you need or you don't and mostly you don't. I like a good rogue or rogue like game but this is just too random. Nice concept but unplayable for very long. Big disappoinment
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SKYHILL – where you eat your last can of beans and die with dignity You check into a fancy hotel, the apocalypse hits, and suddenly you're tiptoeing down 100 floors of mutant-infested nightmare fuel. No food, no bandages, and the monsters are not in the mood. Simple game, but weirdly addictive. Each run feels like this might be the one... (spoiler: it’s not). Perfect for when you want to experience hunger, despair, and mutant beatdowns – all in your slippers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reach level 50 on easy, get face to face to a giant monster with 90hp. He takes a fourth of my life each swing. Cannot heal during combat, cannot flee. f*ck you game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a turn-based roguelike/survival horror hybrid. You descend to a new floor, scavenge the rooms to your left and right, and move on. If there’s a mutant in a room, you fight—or run. Moving between rooms costs one unit of food. There are no food generators, so you’re forced to keep moving constantly. However, there is an elevator in the building, allowing you to backtrack to trade food for health or craft various items. Occasionally, though, you’ll come across vending machines that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surviving a post-apocalyptic hotel floor-by-floor sounds tense, but the repetitive turn-based combat and tedious crafting grind start to drag down the tension pretty quickly. It has a cool atmospheric premise, but managing your hunger and beating up the same style of mutants loses its luster before you reach the bottom floor.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd say you will get a couple of hours of genuine fun out this game, so it could be worth it on a large enough sale. But I still don't think this game is unique enough to be worth your time and money. The game is very RNG-reliant. You can try to strategize, but there's more out there that relies on luck than any other factor, so at times, you'll just run out of food despite finding some solid equipment to keep you fighting, while another attempt, you'll be swimming in food, but still run…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨Stream starting in 13 minutes!🚨 Today we are trying out another indie horror game, SKYHILL! Our objective? To fend off the mutants and escape the building. Join us to help us survive! Or watch as we fail... In today's episode: 100 floors... Link in the comments!👇 #ENVtuber #IndieHorrorGames
neutral · AI labelView post →For my first roguelike, playing this wasn't a completely terrible experience. The RNG luck in this game is absolutely brutal even on the easiest difficulty, but I did have fun inspite of it. I just finished my fourth run, and I only made it to level 55. I bought this as part of a deeply discounted bundle, so I'd recommend buying this game only during sales.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game loop is interesting, but the main enemy you'll die to is the RNG. By far the most useful buff you can get (and you can only pick one active and passive per run) is the one that gives you full food once per run. All the other buffs come with detriments that kind of make the buff part moot. Every action costs you hunger, including healing, but the game game is very loath to give you food. You also need to upgrade your base from scratch each run, which means the only permanent progress…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Went downstairs for snacks… ended up fighting mutants on every floor. Worst hotel stay of my life, 10/10 would survive again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I see these mostly positive reviews of SKYHILL and want to be lenient, even defend it. First, 10 years have passed since its release. Second, it was developed by a very small team that created a good game. However, it can easily disappoint unprepared players, especially those who try to get 100% of the achievements. You might think the game is unfair or even impossible to complete, as on hard and hardcore levels you will die more often than you'd like. But this isn't a drawback — it's actually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The “addiction” perk is activated when you press play for the first time! (What pain but what joy!) THE PILE OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS AND COMPLAINTS MAKES ONE REALIZE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD OF VIDEO GAMES HAS BECOME FOR 20 YEARS NOW. There are clearly some flaws, such as: - Inconsistent loot distribution: You will find yourself restarting runs in the first 15 levels because you end up with such a poor RNG of items that you miss the essentials. - . The NRG of hits is often beyond…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💶GAME DEAL - The 'Daedalic Gigantic Bundle' is currently 90% off on @steampowered.com right now! The bundle comes with 14 games, including Anna's quest, Black guards 1&2, Decay: The Mare, Gomo, Journey of a Roach, Munich, Randal's Monday, SKYHILL and more! store.steampowered.com/sub/76471/
neutral · AI labelView post →❥ Ghost, Sleep Token, Red Vox, Skyhill, Shadow Academy, TWRP ❥ Jabroni_Mike, Vargskelethor, Vinesauce, PorcelainMaid, Game Grumps, Markiplier, Unus Annus ❥ Pokémon, MLP G4/G5, WWDITS, Good Omens, Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss ❥ art, dolls, musicals, general vtuber tech, furries, & misc. creatures~
neutral · AI labelView post →I was playing ReStory from Mandragora Games and @tinybuildgames.bsky.social and saw this awesome little easter egg of their first game, Skyhill. This was actually the first Steam game I ever voiced in over 10 years ago! So happy to see the studio still releasing banger games!
positive · AI labelView post →Fun short game. And I mean it can be really short if RNG is in your favor. I nearly completed it without perks on the first try but got needlessly greedy and got whacked around 20th floor. RNG is relentless here. You can die never getting past first 10 floors, or you can get the best weapon in the game from an old man in exchange for a rotting fruit and just breeze through it like One Punch Man. All in all I had fun with it. They should make more games like this with variations in setting,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting point & click survival for a few hours. Reminds me of the old flash games that i used to play in my browser when i was a kid :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →that man didn't deserve this :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RNG Trash.. I bought this game years ago, around 2017, and since then I have only 5 hrs of playtime in this piece of trash for a reason. No pros, only cons, and I'll list them for you: ♥♥♥♥ attempt at "story", if you can call it an attempt.. or a story. Garbage visuals, level design is just a building and it's somehow THE most boring building in existence. RNG garbage. Nothing pisses me off faster than RNG based "to hit chance" nonsense, and this game excells at it. You'll…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →there are bugs such as when you are in a combat with a monster, suddenly you can't attack the monster anymore. Even if you re-enter the game, the protagonist is left with low health but the monster's health is fully restored? What the hell?? Buggy game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →❥ Ghost, Sleep Token, Red Vox, Skyhill, Greta Van Fleet, TWRP ❥ Jabroni_Mike, Vargskelethor, Vinesauce, PorcelainMaid, Game Grumps, Unus Annus ❥ Pokémon, MLP, Hello Kitty IA, PuffPals: Island Skies, Neopets, Hazbin/Helluva ❥ art, fashion dolls, musicals, vtuber tech, furries, & monsterfuckery~
neutral · AI labelView post →Game list update ▶️Streaming: Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! (16/37) Do No Harm Doom 3 (1/45) ⏸️On Break: DREDGE (40/60) Skyhill (42/47) Distraint (15/17) Killing Floor 2 (50/66) Resident Evil 3 (24/33) Umbrella Corps (38/41) Little Nightmares (11/22) DOOM (16/20) Little Nightmares 2 (13/35) DOOM 2 (9/20)
neutral · AI labelView post →Gameplay is extremely RNG-based, and becomes repetitive after only 2-3 playthroughs. The achievements to die 100 times is also pretty stupid, since you'd have to be insane to sit through the game and die that many times. On higher difficulties, loot becomes rarer and enemies have higher health, so you are more likely to die. Problem is, without loot, you don't have crafting materials, weapons and upgrades. I had to use the messy perk, but if I lose my weapon it's basically game over. Again, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SKYHILL did not meet my expectations and very quickly began to feel like a monotonous, poorly balanced routine.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The main problem of the game is balance. First, you get killed on the 5th floor, then, when you've understood the mechanics, you… still die, but already on the 15th. The game isn't always fair: sometimes luck decides everything. Found a good weapon - you're king, didn't find one - you're meat. And it's also monotonous. After three or four runs, you've seen all types of rooms and monsters. The hotel is uniform, and wandering through a hundred floors becomes a bit boring. You're just performing a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly fun, I found myself wanting to repeat the game many times to win
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice strategic game, you need to think and survive but its only clicking
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →📝Game list update 📝 ▶️Streaming Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! (22/37) Resident Evil 3 (26/33) Home (7/12) ⏸️On Break Skyhill (42/47) Amnesia Collection (19/23) Amnesia: Rebirth (29/41) ⏹️ Completed Little Nightmares Carrion Distraint 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Criminally underrated. Worth its original price, but if someone’s hesitating, it’s always a good idea to grab it on sale—either way, it’s worth it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid roguelike. I wouldn't say "action roguelike." Fun and bite sized. You can quit and continue. What you need to know. 1. Your only permanent upgrades are a choice of active and passive buff. 2. It's turn based combat, not action. 3. RPG progression. It's important to meet minimum requirements for weapons. 4. Find junk and craft it into weapons. Find food and craft better food. 5. Hunger and health and your key resources. 6. You only use 1 weapon at a time. Be sure it's your best. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple & Fun. Got this for super cheap with low expectations. the random floor generation keeps new challenges coming. also, hard mode is crazy, I cant imagine hardcore mode.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually insane how bad this game is on almost every conceivable level.. It should be studied in schools. EVERYTHING is RNG, your only decisions as a player come down to whether or not you want to engage with it, it makes XCOM accuracy look like esports Counterstrike, the story is hilariously edgy, the continue bug where everything previously killed decides to just respawn is inexplicable BS, and the poison mechanic is downright atrocious. Yet despite all this, I've bought it on 3 different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨Stream starting in 13 minutes!🚨 My short break from streaming is officially over! Today we are returning to SKYHILL and try to finish the game on normal difficulty! Join us for another day of survival! In today's episode: Normal? Far from it... Link in the comments!👇 #ENVtuber #IndieHorrorGames
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't let my lacking hours fool you, i've been playing this game on other platforms and accounts for years. Skyhill is a decent game with a good story but very bad writing and an ignorable gameplay loop. It has several great ideas but the way in which it implemented them are all bad. Pros: 1. Very immersive. Really can let you feel chills down your spines if you let it. 2. The Setting is very good and bonus points for originality on the infection. Dead Island started with you on a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →skyhill combines survival, resource management, and turn-based combat in a tense post-apocalyptic setting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's oddly addictive trying to survive your way down a hotel full of mutants. A simple but clever concept, and it works really well. Scavenging for supplies, managing your resources, and never knowing what's waiting on the next floor keeps things interesting. The art style has still its own charm for an old game, and the whole survival atmosphere is engaging. Sure, luck can sometimes be a bit cruel, but that's part of the fun. a game where dying just makes you want to start over and try again.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good the game worth it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →waking up in a skyscraper full of monsters with only a limited amount of time and resources sounds like a nasty survival challenge scavenging supplies and figuring out how to get out before things get worse creates the kind of tension that makes every decision matter
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A few bugs here and there but overall a great experience with RNG lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since I have a low-end system, I look for games that are not very demanding—ensuring that even those with modest hardware can enjoy them. I highly recommend this game! I initially played it just to earn achievements and get the platinum trophy, but I ended up truly falling in love with it. It is a very lightweight 2D game that uses random events to keep things engaging and can keep you entertained for hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was going to complain, then played more
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some moments make me grumble, I still return
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good pick when I want to switch off
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One more try is a dangerous sentence here
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good pick when I want to switch off
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I blame this game for my cold cup of tea
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I blame this game for my cold cup of tea
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed it more than I thoght I would
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