Minos Review - Engaging, Trap-Filled Tower Defense

Minos Review - Engaging, Trap-Filled Tower Defense

Minos Review If you know your Greek mythology — and of course you do — you’re aware that King Minos was the son of Zeus and Europa. Minos was a powerful King of Crete and created a labyrinth to contain the monstrous bull-man, the Minotaur. (aka Asterion). The history lesson is now over. That little background is enough to tell you that the new strategy game Minos has one cloven hoof in mythology. Here’s the hook: the game’s point of view is that…

Minos Impressions: A Charmingly Esoteric, Labyrinthine Take On The Roguelike

Developer Artificer • Publisher Devolver Digital • Release April 9, 2026 • Played On PC The Minotaur is one of the most well-known figures in Greek mythology. A grotesque half-man, half-bull creature that makes its home in the middle of an elaborate maze. Anyone who ventures into the labyrinth gets devoured. But what if the story we know isn’t the full truth? Minos casts you as the minotaur Asterion, fending off waves of bloodthirsty adventurers…

Minos is complex, strategic, and makes killing heroes a little too much fun

You’ve probably killed minotaurs in a whole bunch of games. Pretty standard enemy, right? Well, the team at Artificer are switching that little fact up with this new release. Now, instead of you hunting a terrible monster through its den, you’re the monster doing the hunting. And there are a lot of unprepared adventurers for...