Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor released in early access in February, and developer Funday Games and Ghost Ship Publishing have announced that the spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic has now sold over a million copies. A Vampire Survivors-inspired take on the joys of dwarves space-mining in extreme peril, the initial reception has been positive and left […]
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Blobfish have announced that beloved roguelike arena shootfest Brotato will get a full-on DLC and a major feature update this year. The update will be free, and bring in four player local co-op. Expansion DLC Brotato: Abyssal Terrors will have more of… pretty much everything that Brotato already has. Abyssal Terrors will come some time […]
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Hades 2’s technical test is out in the world, and it’s good, like really good. But predictably, most fans aren’t focusing on that, not when there are tons of hot gods to stare at. During the technical test, you can encounter and flirt with a few of the gods in the first major area of […]
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We’re living in the golden age of roguelike deckbuilders. Just in the last year and change we’ve seen standouts like Cobalt Core, Wildfrost, Astrea, and loads more I haven’t tried yet because of how much time Balatro sucks up. Every time I think I’ve seen the best the genre has to offer, I uncover some […]
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Need to Know What is it? A turn-based roguelike from the creators of Monster Train.Release date April 9, 2024Expect to pay $30/£25 Developer Shiny ShoePublisher Shiny ShoeReviewed on ROG Ally, Gigabyte G5Steam Deck PlayableLink Official site Oh, Inkbound. I so desperately want to love you. You’re from the studio that mashed together deckbuilders and tower […]
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I’ll never get tired of a well-phrased “go screw yourself” from an indie dev—like when the Iron Lung dev just outright said the price ‘hike’ of $2 was, absolutely, done so he could make more money from the game. It’s a harsh industry (especially recently), after all. Another such gem has come from the developers […]
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As you might well know, I like a good deckbuilder—it’s part of why Balatro’s consumed a few dozen hours of my waking life. Sure, it’s a genre utterly flooded with games, but I have a pretty high tolerance for “too much of a good thing.” The latest title to draw my infernal all-seeing eye is […]
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As reported by Gaming on Linux, rhythm-based dungeon crawler Crypt of the NecroDancer just got a $2 Hatsune Miku DLC. The pack lets you play as the Vocaloid digital idol, who comes with her own songs and special abilities. Hatsune Miku has her own twist on Crypt of the NecroDancer’s gameplay—instead of digging straight on […]
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Developers from Motion Twin, best known for incredibly popular roguelite Dead Cells, are in on the joke when they talk about the process of making their new game meaning they had to throw away tons of progress and start over. “We fail all the time. We’re like, OK, what we did is pure shit, let’s […]
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When Dead Cells developer Motion Twin started working on its next game, the plan wasn’t to make a roguelite. It was to do something they’d never seen an action game accomplish before: match the speed and fluidity of Japanese action games like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, but with friends. “There are rougelites where multiplayer […]
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Rift Wizard 2 hit Steam this week, calling itself a “tough as nails traditional roguelike wizard simulator” and sporting the colorful graphics and complex pile of character builds to back that claim up. In it, you’re a powerful and immortal wizard who jumps from battle to battle across the multiverse while building up a repertoire […]
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A naked man with a face covering its torso. A snail with a human head. And one that’s half-nun and half…I don’t know what. In my office I have a wall hanging of the carta marina: a big map of the Nordic countries drawn in the 16th century. I love it because you can peer […]
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