What Skelly Selest is
Skelly Selest is a top-down 2D action game built around speed and score. You play as a skeletal vessel of a Heavenly Keeper, sent into Hell to strike down the Deamonica Netherlords and their followers before the evil dead spill onto Earth and Heaven's gate. Runs take you through procedurally generated depths: the Bone Plains, the Flesh Gardens and the Soul Necropolis, each packed with hordes of enemies and ending in big set-piece fights against the Arch Lichemancer and the Netherlords themselves. The core loop is hack, slash, dash and shoot, with blessed item loot scattered along the way to boost your damage and survivability. Death is permanent, so a run ends when it ends, and you start again with a fresh layout. Alongside the loot you can rescue alternate characters and other unlockables that change how you look and how you play, which gives each attempt a slightly different feel.
Playing it with friends
The Steam features list Remote Play Together, so one person who owns the game can host a session and others can join in over the network. On top of the main dungeon run, the game offers several other modes that suit a group taking turns or piling into the same screen: a pit arena survive-athon where you fight endless waves, a dungeon crawl open to every beastie and boss, a dedicated boss rush, and the Penitence Trials for a stiffer challenge. There is also a collectable card game mode, a strategic affair inspired by Final Fantasy 8's Triple Triad, which is a good change of pace when the group wants something slower and more tactical than dodging bullets.
Before you start
Expect a difficult game with perma death and score chasing at its centre. Several modes are wave-based and built for leaderboard scores, so a run is short, sharp and repeatable rather than a long story. The difficulty is deliberate: enemies come in large numbers, the arenas get crowded fast, and losing your progress is part of the design. The soundtrack is a strong part of the atmosphere, so playing with sound on helps set the pace. Pick a mode that matches the mood of the group — the dungeon crawl for exploration, the pit arena for pure survival, the boss rush for quick rounds, the card game for something relaxed — and settle in for repeated attempts rather than one long playthrough.