Tag: Roguelike

Don’t ask me how many peasant soldiers I’ve sent to their demise in this roguelike deckbuilder where your cards can suffer slow, painful permadeath

Don’t ask me how…

Your average roguelike deckbuilder gives you plenty to worry about. Will I get that last card I need to…
Edmund McMillen thinks Mewgenics is his best game yet, and after playing it myself, I can see why

Edmund McMillen thinks Mewgenics…

Isn’t it a bit messed up that we selectively breed cats and dogs into asthmatic oddballs and then sell…
Slay the Spire 2 dev says its Marathon joke turned out ‘a bit meaner than expected’ in hindsight: ‘To be fair I didn’t think we’d actually pass Marathon in concurrent users’

Slay the Spire 2…

Comedy tends to land better when you punch up rather than punch down—but what about when, as you begin…
Over half a million of us played Slay the Spire 2 this weekend

Over half a million…

The only games beating indie darling Slay the Spire 2’s Steam concurrent player peak this weekend are PUBG, Dota…
I got stuck in a 13-day stalemate with an eldritch god in Bloodletter, and now it’s my new favourite deckbuilder

I got stuck in…

Growing up, I always thought that I’d make a good medieval doctor; I’m not squeamish around blood, and I’m…
Slay the Spire 2 dev celebrates its instant success by reminding players to support ‘small indie passion projects’ like Marathon too

Slay the Spire 2…

After being delayed in late 2025, Slay the Spire 2 entered early access on March 5 and was instantly…
Let it Die is dying, but offering players a onetime purchase to keep it alive offline

Let it Die is…

Grasshopper Manufacture’s Let It Die, a free-to-play combat-focused roguelike, is closing down its online servers this August, but it…
This dice-rolling roguelite is like Balatro on steroids, and its bosses are pure evil

This dice-rolling roguelite is…

I spent most of Steam Next Fest playing Balatro-likes—here’s a list of seven demos I think you should try—but…
Hades 2 gets another “final update” as Supergiant prepares for 1

Hades 2 gets another…

Hades 2 has been in early access on Steam and the Epic Games Store since May of last year.…
As the current Steam Next Fest wraps up, the 10 most-played demos might surprise you

As the current Steam…

So there’s quite a lot happening on Steam in 2026. Earlier this year, we reported that Valve has lined…