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Tag: Roguelike

Put Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Hades and Risk of Rain in a blender and you get Helskate, plus a whole lot of jank

Put Tony Hawk’s Pro…

Helskate is the kind of wild genre-fusion design I love in videogames. Tony Hawk Pro Skater’s arcade score-chasing, combined…
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap review – a tempered return for this tower defence titan

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap…

It never goes well for the greenskins at the vanguard of an orc invasion force, but spare a thought…
Undaunted by mixed Steam reviews, Hyper Light Breaker dev says it’s ‘encouraging’ to have ‘extremely reasonable’ early access feedback

Undaunted by mixed Steam…

After a hands-on preview with Hyper Light Breaker in late 2024, we walked away liking Heart Machine’s neon-splashed Drifter…
BioShock lead designer unveils fantasy real-time tactics roguelite Wartorn

BioShock lead designer unveils…

Stray Kite Studios, the indie developer co-founded by BioShock lead designer Paul Hellquist, has unveiled its first original title…
Hyper Light Breaker has great combat, impeccable vibes, and its ambitious randomized open worlds actually work⁠—the real test is if it goes the distance in early access

Hyper Light Breaker has…

At the end of 2024, I got to try one last hour-long preview of Hyper Light Breaker ahead of…
Wormhole is an impeccable arcade revival of Snake that plays like it fell off the back of Derek Yu’s van

Wormhole is an impeccable…

PC gaming is incredibly adept at replicating the past, whether in the breakneck momentum of a boomer shooter, or…
This bizarre roguelike has a new take on the Vampire Survivors formula: letting you build your own custom weapons out of brains, eyeballs, and chimpanzee spines

This bizarre roguelike has…

A little over two years ago, I was taking my first run in Vampire Survivors, walking around a barren…
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island review

Shiren the Wanderer: The…

The decades-old Shiren the Wanderer series is famous for being bluntly unforgiving, and The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island…
If you can put Balatro down for half a second, the lead dev behind it has recommended some other stunning indies with a very low-key awards ceremony of their own

If you can put…

Balatro is obviously one of the best games from 2024, and now the dev behind it has shared what…
Balatro dev shares an excellent list of his favourite indie games of 2024

Balatro dev shares an…

Balatro may have swept the awards this year – including securing a place on our 50 best games of…