Absolum Is A Fantasy Roguelike Beat-‘Em-Up That Looks Great And Plays Even Better
While the genre isn't as prolific as it once was, beat-'em-ups still tend to follow in the mold of Final Fight and Streets of Rage: You're a muscle-bound mayor or…
Frantic farming roguelike Pesticide Not Required adds new fusion weapons
If you’ve ever wished Stardew Valley was more all-action, Pesticide Not Required is well worth trying. It takes the tried-and-tested wave-based horde survival gameplay popularized by Vampire Survivors and combines…
Terminull Brigade, a New Roguelike Co-op Shooter, Announced for PC
Pew Pew Games has announced its first game, Terminull Brigade, a free-to-play co-op roguelike shooter for PC with a distinct and colorful art style that offers distinct (and customizable) playstyles.…
Suda 51 and Swery’s Hotel Barcelona could be the weirdest roguelike of the year
It feels like videogames are slowly but surely beginning to embrace the strange again. As audiences tire of the traditional triple-A open-world fare, there's an appetite for weirdness: take 2024's…
Overlooked roguelike RoGlass just got a free update, and deserves more players
Not every roguelike needs to focus on action. I love darting around arenas and turning bad guys into paste, but the replayability of the genre lends itself to so many…
Cyberpunk roguelike Kiborg drops brutal Steam Next Fest demo
Have you ever watched The Running Man, that dystopian film set in the far-off year of… 2017? And did you ever think "hey, I want a piece of that action"?…
Galactic roguelike deckbuilder Starless Abyss just got a new Steam demo
If you’re looking for a game with tactical spaceship combat and massive galactic battles, the RTS genre is usually where you’d turn. But Starless Abyss aims to give you a…
Hades 2 gets a giant new update, but the roguelike still can’t share 1.0 plans
Despite being in an incomplete early access form, Hades 2 is already a contender to become one of the best roguelikes ever. We’ll need to wait until it’s totally finished…
Punk roguelike Reignbreaker is Hades with an anarchist edge, and a demo out now
I’m loving the Hades-like renaissance happening right now. Plenty of excellent projects are taking what Supergiant Games created and morphing it into something totally new. I’ve been playing The Callisto…
Beloved roguelike city builder Against the Storm is getting upgraded, for free
Steam is filled with excellent strategy games, but there aren't many like Against the Storm. It's beloved by almost everyone who's played it, with a stunning fantasy world, gripping gameplay,…