Tag: Roguelike

What we’ve been playing – “I’ve been stuck in the bone zone”

What we’ve been playing…

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing.…
Everything is Crab review

Everything is Crab review

Need to Know What is it? An action roguelike inspired by Spore’s creature phase.Release date May 8, 2026Expect to…
Microsoft ended MS-DOS support 20 years ago, but the latest update for the best roguelike ever made still supports it anyway

Microsoft ended MS-DOS support…

September 14, 2000: That’s the day Microsoft released Windows Millennium Edition, the second-worst iteration of Windows in its long…
Loop Hero best class | How to play as Necromancer, Rogue, & Warrior

Loop Hero best class…

Like many indie hits on Steam, Loop Hero can claim a place in many different genres. Part roguelike RPG,…
Nearly 40 years after launch, NetHack just got a 5.0

Nearly 40 years after…

As roguelikes go, NetHack is a museum piece. I don’t say that because it’s old—though it is extremely old,…
I’m having to completely retrain my muscle memory in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor after 150 hours, because the new class they’ve added is just a dwarf in a car

I’m having to completely…

There’s an oddly momentous feeling to the idea of Deep Rock Galactic Survivor introducing a new class to the…
‘What a publisher should do is, first of all, make genuine games’: Vampire Survivors creator says he started his own publisher because too few ‘try and let the developer realize their vision’

‘What a publisher should…

In 2021, game developer Luca Galante released Vampire Survivors as a diversion from his soul-hollowing day job of working…
Slay the Spire 2 devs weren’t going to make a sequel, but then the publisher handling the first game’s ports shut down and things got ‘very murky’

Slay the Spire 2…

Slay the Spire 2 has been one of those roguelike time vampires in recent weeks, for me—in between my…
Mewgenics’ biggest patch yet is on the way with a huge balance overhaul, changes to the breeding system, and ‘Hitler’s suicide can no longer miss’, which is a relief

Mewgenics’ biggest patch yet…

Mewgenics is easily my favourite game of 2026 so far—in fact, I gave it 92% in our review. I…
In a week dominated by Silksong and Borderlands, co-op roguelike Shape of Dreams still managed to launch on Steam as an instant top-seller

In a week dominated…

Indie roguelike Shape of Dreams sold over 100,000 copies within its first 24 hours on sale on Steam this…