Roguelike

They're frustrating, responsible for a surge in controller sales thanks to rage-induced breakages, and they'll leave your clothes drenched in tension-induced sweat, but we can't help but love a good roguelike game. The best roguelikes are learning experiences where you feel like you can take a lesson back with you when you revisit square one, apply it to your next journey, and delve deeper into an unforgiving world that wants to keep you knocked down.That sense of triumph is hard to beat, and with the…

The new roguelike will be tactical and co-op Shiny Shoe, the team behind the deckbuilding hell-train roguelike Monster Train, has a new game in the works. Today the team revealed Inkbound, a co-op tactical roguelike that’s coming to Steam Early Access in 2023. While 2020’s Monster Train blended deckbuilding with tower defense, Inkbound is going for a different vibe. According to the developer, it’s blending tactics games, ARPGs, and roguelikes into one with hybrid real-time/turn-based battles. The option is there to go…

Today, No Man’s Sky launches Leviathan, the game’s newest expedition that offers perhaps the most interesting gameplay experience yet. In the Leviathan launch trailer, a mysterious message splashes across the screen telling the player that “death is not the end” and that they must “re-enter the loop.” If you think that language sounds a little roguelike (heh), you’re right. In Leviathan, Hello Games is putting a little bit of Returnal chocolate in No Man’s Sky’s peanut butter. In Leviathan, death resets a Traveller’s…