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I never played the original Elona so when I look at its sequel, Elin, there are two things that jump immediately to mind. The first is Project Zomboid, despite the lack of oppressive waves of the walking dead, and the other is Tibia, a classic MMO. Elin offers a similar in-depth permadeath experience such as […]
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is a deep dive into the history of the horror franchise with its characters, stages, and monsters. Like the Operation Guns DLC did for Contra, this DLC fills your monster-slaying mayhem with various creatures from all over the Castlevania games, digging up all manner of fun creatures from the series’ […]
One thing that’s always great to see is an early access game that’s making steady progress and clearly knows where it’s going. Realm of Ink, a Hades-inspired roguelike, is one such title. A month after launch, it’s back with not only a huge patch that adds loads of new content but also a roadmap that […]
When I think of the best space games, I imagine fast, frantic combat with missiles and lasers flying across the stars – I’ll always be more enamored by the speed of Everspace 2’s action than the lumbering weight of Starfield ships. Further distilling that essence down, Nova Drift is a high-octane roguelike that finally launched […]
The roguelike action of Vampire Survivors took the world by storm, rocketing up the Steam charts and helping to popularize a new breed of ‘bullet heaven’ horde-based games. Since then, we’ve seen others adopt the wave-based ARPG style, whether they favor auto-casting skills or offer more control in the vein of games like Diablo. Achilles: […]
One aspect of an MMO that’s pretty much unique to the genre is the raid. Grabbing a huge number of players together all with one goal in mind is something that doesn’t really exist elsewhere in gaming. That’s something that upcoming co-op roguelike 33 Immortals is looking to fix, splicing a little MMO into its […]
Five months after bursting into PC early access, Hades 2 – the sequel to Supergiant Games’ much-loved 2020 roguelike action-adventure – has just received its first major content update, adding a new region, weapon, and so much else its patch notes weigh in at over 3,500 words. Hades 2’s Olympic Update (“practically mountain-sized!”, […]
I play a lot of exciting new roguelikes as part of this job, but one that particularly caught my attention when I first tried its early access launch almost a year ago is Below the Stone. A mix of Deep Rock Galactic’s cave-delving mining and extraction gameplay with inventory, combat, and gearing reminiscent of Terraria, […]
The Windblown demo is finally here, and I can safely say that it’s already more than just a Dead Cells follow-up. The newest roguelike from Motion Twin, its Steam Early Access launch is right around the corner. MT is trading the 2D Metroidvania stylings of Dead Cells for isometric co-op action, and it’s already a […]