Total Party Kill (v1.0)

A compact dungeon puzzle game turns the usual party-based adventure fantasy on its head: survival matters, but only for one hero at a time. Dark stone chambers, spikes, switches, pits, and locked exits create a deliberately grim setting, while the playful pixel-art presentation keeps every unfortunate sacrifice more clever than cruel. The central joke becomes the central rule—your companions are often the tools needed to clear the room. Total Party Kill delivers short, tightly designed levels built around ruthless solutions and satisfying “aha” moments.

Players control a Knight, Mage, and Ranger, swapping between them to exploit three very different abilities. The Knight can hurl allies across gaps or onto hazards, the Mage freezes a teammate into a movable ice block, and the Ranger fires arrows that can pin a hero to a wall as a temporary platform. Most puzzles ask you to position, launch, immobilize, or otherwise eliminate party members so the remaining survivor can reach the exit. Failure is quick and painless, encouraging experimentation, while later chambers combine each character’s powers into more demanding multi-step problems.

What makes the design work is how consistently it turns friendly fire into useful environmental interaction rather than a simple gag. A frozen companion may block danger, a body stuck to a wall may create a foothold, and a thrown hero may activate a switch no living character could reach safely. The extended edition sharpens the presentation with updated art and animation, adds a fresh soundtrack, and expands the challenge beyond its game-jam origins. Fans of bite-sized logic puzzlers such as Baba Is You, or anyone who enjoys the cruel comic timing of games like Lemmings, finds plenty to like here. Newcomers can grasp the rules quickly, while puzzle veterans appreciate the later levels’ efficient, increasingly devious solutions.