Himeko Sutori is a strategy game which has an interesting background. It has a certain feeling of familiarity to Japanese strategy titles such as the Final Fantasy Tactics series. It also has a lot of unique elements, including a striking visual design not seen very…
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Hive Jump is a cross between a twin-stick shooter and a roguelite. While it doesn’t really excel in either of these genres, Hive Jump is a surprisingly great party game. Originally funded by a Kickstarter, Hive Jump was previously released on Steam and strangely enough WiiU. It has now…
God’s Gift utilises a rare form of dark humour, it’s cruel and cynical in its worldview while also abstract and bizarre in it’s execution and setting. It ends up being both charming and fun. You lead a group of cult-followers, obedient humans who follow your every…
Mittelborg: City of Mages is an interesting game recently released on Steam early access. It bills itself as a rogue-like strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of mages and demons and features a branching story filled with difficult choices and dark consequences. In…
Ever wanted to hunt ghosts? Dead End Job lets you live out your ghost busting dreams in a procedurally generated world. Although here ghost hunting is nothing more than a more lethal pest control. There’s no glamour or glory in navigating through its levels. Instead, there…
Eagle Island is an upcoming roguelike platformer from Pixel Nicks. It’s about a boy and his owl exploring an island to try to rescue his other Owl, who was stolen by giant Eagle. This was probably for important bird reasons. It’s a procedurally generated platformer…
Hyper Parasite is an upcoming 80s themed, twin-stick shooter currently funding on Kickstarter. Visually it’s a unique arcade throwback, mixing 3D models with old fashioned 2D sprites. Hyper Parasite feels like a cross between The Warriors and The Ninja Turtles Arcade game,with some extra ultra-violence thrown in for good…
Between the Stars has been on Kickstarter for a while and is now approaching the end of its campaign. A rougelike ARPG with a strong emphasis on events and player choice, Between the Stars puts you in the captain seat of a spaceship as you…
Depth of Extinction – HOF Studios’ sharp turn-based strategy game with roguelike elements – is launching Thursday, September 27 on Steam, GOG, itch.io, and the Humble Store. Inspired by XCOM 2 and FTL: Faster Than Light, the game allows you to handpick fighters from a roster…
With over 1,000 games on the Nintendo Switch, it can be hard to figure out which ones are worth your time. While there are many more deserving games that didn’t make it onto this list, here are what we believe to be the ten best…
The Swords of Ditto has been out for about two weeks now. When the title made its PS4 and PC release on April 24th, Onebitbeyond promised players an inexhaustible font of procedurally generated maps to explore, granting each hero their own “unique” adventure. This is an…
Take a concoction that’s two parts Bomberman, one part Wild West, and lace it with some thick rougelike elements. The result? Bombslinger, a game that’s equal parts addictive and explosively maddening. On the one hand, developer Mode4’s Bombslinger wholeheartedly and almost blatantly borrows the formula…
Perhaps the coolest part of Impact Gameworks’ roguelike dungeon-crawler, Tangledeep, is the flexibility of the game’s jobs and abilities. Certainly, it is the highlight of the game for Lead Developer Andrew Aversa, who told us in an interview, “if there’s one thing I’m truly proud of…
Impact Gameworks‘ Tangledeep is the digital manifestation of a dream that has existed within the head of programmer Andrew Aversa for years. It’s also a clinical example of both how to run a Kickstarter campaign and how to manage the perils of Early Access. We…
In the time since Binding of Isaac‘s 2011 release, roguelikes have adapted to fit a wide range of genres. From the toe-tapping Crypt of the Necrodancer to the spaceship simulator FTL, roguelikes have come in all shapes and sizes. Their longstanding appeal lies in two key factors: replayability…
While indie gaming has definitely found more mainstream appeal over the years, most gamers only ever scratch the surface of what it offers. While it’s easy to catch the latest Steam sensation or YouTube darling, a fair number of foreign games never make a blip…