I like the game but I think you should be able to walk through the monsters (still taking damage of course) if you get surrounded you just end up being unable to move at all and just need to wait to die.
That's a great idea! Honestly I had gotten stuck the same way many times during play testing too. It didn't occur to me to let the character take damage while walking through the monsters :)
Do give it another go to see if it's better - and check your name on the title screen credits
I played it again and yeah I think it's better now, you can run into the monsters a bit and play a little more aggressive without worrying about getting stuck in place