{"id":25563,"date":"2025-04-16T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25563"},"modified":"2025-04-03T07:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:47:40","slug":"dagger-froggy-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/dagger-froggy-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagger Froggy (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/dagger_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_BOX-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_BOX-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Help a little frog defeat waves of enemies by throwing daggers in Dagger Froggy, a top down viewed 2D retro action game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current game consoles and PC but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>When you start, you can pick from stages that you\u2019ve unlocked, but they\u2019re just single screen background and the enemies in each aren\u2019t that much different.\u00a0 Move around your frog with the L stick and throw your dagger in 4 directions with the R stick.\u00a0 But when the dagger goes a certain distance or hits an enemy, it\u2019ll stop and you must pick it up to use it again.\u00a0 And that\u2019s what really makes this one unique from other Vampire Survivor type games.<\/p>\n<p>When you defeat a round of enemies, you can choose an upgrade for your frog that\u2019ll last for the rest of the stage.\u00a0 These include speed ups, more throwing daggers, the ability for you to get your dagger back automatically over time, being able to pierce multiple enemies, and much more.\u00a0 If you can survive for 10 or 15 minutes, depending on what you set the time limit to be in the options screen, you\u2019ll earn coins.\u00a0 You can use these coins to buy new frogs and permanent upgrades like the ones you get after defeating enemies.<\/p>\n<p>One problem I had with the game is that if you run out of energy before the time runs out, you don\u2019t get to keep any coins.\u00a0 And you don\u2019t earn very many coins to begin with, so progression feels very slow, especially for such a repetitive game.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a bad game and is somewhat entertaining, but those problems kept me from staying interested for very long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/dagger_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DAGGER_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dagger Froggy is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You throw knives and bombs at pixelly enemies that just disappear when defeated.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find this one too difficult after a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help a little frog defeat waves of enemies by throwing daggers in Dagger Froggy, a top down viewed 2D retro action game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current game consoles and PC but reviewed on PS4 here. 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