Lost Ruins

In Lost Ruins, the player controls a young woman (known as "Heroine" throughout the game), with no memories of who she is. Summoned to a dungeon, she is told by the mage Beatrice that she has been recruited to defeat the Dark Lady, who has been sealed away elsewhere in the castle. Beatrice tells the woman that defeating monsters guarding the Dark Lady will help restore her memories.

Lost Ruins was developed by South Korean studio Altari Games and published by DANGEN Entertainment. The game was announced in September 2019 during the Busan Indie Connect Festival. It was released on PC through Steam on May 13, 2021. The game's art style is anime-inspired. It is an action survival game, as well as a 2D side-scroller.

On June 6, 2022, the game received a release on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One platforms. The game later received a physical release through Red Art Games, set to ship in Q2 2024. In December 2023, it was included as a free game as part of GOG's winter sale.

Lost Ruins received mixed reviews from critics, holding an average critic score of 59/100 on the review aggregator Metacritic.

In a 7/10 review of the game, Trent Cannon of Nintendo Life wrote that "Between the pixel art style and punishingly difficult combat, this game is a retro love affair. Unfortunately, that isn't always a good thing". He called the game's combat "frustrating" and "a little repetitive", though added "there is enough exploration and weapon variety to ensure that there will be a combat style" to suit the player. Cannon also wrote that "the most appealing part of Lost Ruins is the retro-inspired pixel art, which looks great in both handheld and docked modes on the Switch", but conceded that darker areas were prone to blend together in the background.