Alright, picture this: it's late at night in your totally rad 80’s bedroom. Your “G64” computer starts flickering with this strange energy. You shrug it off and start rolling up a character sheet for your tabletop RPGs. But before you can finish, dark portals open up on your desk, and pixel creatures start popping into our world! Now, you’ve got to defend your character through each campaign book’s stages – whether it’s all in your head or not. Enter CrossOver. It is a wild mix of classic “casual” genres like Match 3 and Tower Defense but cranked up with Action, Strategy, RPG, and Puzzle elements. With over 100 levels in both fantasy and sci-fi settings, plus extra game modes and an oddball Co-op where one player handles the dice and the other controls the attacks, this game is straight-up bonkers. Luckily, there's a demo to give you a taste! You may also be interested in the game Spirit Island - Jagged Earth
Here’s what you are diving into. Each campaign has shops for armor and items, RPG progression where you earn XP, level up, and boost your stats, and tons of spells and weapons to find. You can hire mercenaries and face random encounters with choices like in those old Fighting Fantasy books. You also get persistent gems to unlock classes and races (15 of each per game setting) or trade for extra gold. The game modules include fantasy and sci-fi settings with 7 campaign books each, loaded with several stages. For those looking for a challenge, there are procedurally generated Endless Modes for solo and co-op play that keep you climbing the online leaderboards. There are also special Co-op Scenarios for each game module and a Dice Defense Mode where you upgrade and move autobattling dice towers to fend off endless enemy waves. Plus, you will find an unlockable art gallery and a hidden minigame.
If the game’s intense pace is frying your brain, flip on Casual Mode. It reduces enemy damage to a selectable percentage (even 0%) so you can chill and enjoy the game without stressing. Deterrents are also disabled, letting you grind for gold and XP at your own pace before wrapping up a stage. Casual Mode is only for solo campaign play and can be toggled on or off anytime without restarting. No matter how you play, CrossOver: Roll For Initiative keeps things accessible and fun for everyone. But let’s be real – it’s still weird as heck.
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