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Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand review - a novel wave defense
Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand offers a compelling wave defense experience with roguelike elements, serving as a strong standalone expansion to the main RTS game. It distills the core mechanics into shorter, more focused sessions, making it an ideal choice for players seeking strategic depth without a significant time commitment.
Autobattler Roguelike Some of You May Die Launches on Mobile
The autobattler roguelike "Some of You May Die" has launched on mobile platforms, developed by indie solo developer Jordan O’Leary and published by Jogamedev. The game features army building, strategic upgrades, and extensive hero customization with both single-player campaigns and real-time online PvP modes available.
MineGeon: Renegades Review – Yearning For The Mines
MineGeon: Renegades is a roguelike that blends mining and shooting mechanics, offering a fun experience, especially with friends. However, the game suffers from a significant grind and some boss attacks feel cheap, impacting overall enjoyment despite a clear upgrade loop and unlockable content.
The King is Watching Review | TheXboxHub
The King is Watching is a clever city-management roguelike that challenges players to manage their city only when observed, similar to a boss watching. Despite some control quibbles on console, the game offers deep strategy, varied builds, and a sadistic yet rewarding gameplay loop, making it a standout title for PC and now available on Xbox with additional content.
HYPERWIRED Review | TheXboxHub
HYPERWIRED is a roguelike twin-stick shooter that adds a strategic "spacesocket" mechanic for resource management, making players balance charging health, ammo, and energy with vulnerability. The game features procedurally generated levels, diverse enemies, boss fights, unlockable ships, and a neon visual style with a catchy soundtrack. Despite a steep learning curve, the game offers a rewarding experience for those who master its unique gameplay loop.
Scoundretscii - Free Online Browser Game
Scoundretscii is a free online browser game that plays instantly without downloads, featuring a C64 BASIC PETSCII variant of the Scoundrel card game. It is a solo roguelike where players navigate dungeon rooms, resolving cards representing monsters, healing potions, and weapons, with a focus on strategic combat and resource management.
Lich Lords – Beta Sign Up | Alpha Beta Gamer
Lich Lords is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler featuring roguelike and souls-like combat elements. Players can sign up for a beta test to experience the game's randomized dungeons, character customization, and hack and slash action. The game allows for dynamic camera switching and party formation with various creatures.
Final Fantasy XIV’s latest live letter gave us a detailed preview of the Beastmaster coming in September
Final Fantasy XIV is set to introduce its second limited job, Beastmaster, in early September. This job allows players to summon companions and unleash combination attacks, with a new roguelike mode called Crucible of the Unbroken that features progression through battles and mode-specific items. The Beastmaster job requires a combat job at level 50 or above and the Dawntrail expansion registered to the account.
Weather the Storm Alpha Testing
Beatrate SRL has announced Weather the Storm, a roguelike platformer set to release on Windows PC via Steam. The game is slated for a 2027 release and will support four-player gameplay.
Buckshot Roulette Review | TheXboxHub
Buckshot Roulette is a tense, short-form horror game that puts players in a deadly game of modified Russian Roulette with a shotgun. The game features a unique item system that adds strategic depth to each round, and a challenging 'Double or Nothing' mode for extended play. While the core gameplay and art style are praised, the multiplayer mode suffers from significant glitches.
Porklike - It's the turn of the ZX Spectrum to get a port of a Pico 8 game!
HairyViking has released a ZX Spectrum port of the turn-based roguelike Porklike, originally created for the Pico-8 by Krystian Majewski. This 8-bit adaptation retains the original's minimalist aesthetic while being redesigned for the ZX Spectrum. Players must navigate nine levels of traps and enemies to steal the Wurstlord's Kielbasa, with support for keyboard and various joystick inputs.
Next Week on XBOX: New Games for July 27 to 31
Xbox has announced a slate of new games arriving on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Game Pass between July 27th and July 31st. Titles include remakes like Halo: Campaign Evolved, new adventures such as Dispatch and Mistfall Hunter, and various other genres like city builders, RPGs, and puzzle games.
Deep Down Below – Beta Sign Up | Alpha Beta Gamer
Deep Down Below is a new dungeon crawling strategy roguelike where players fight upwards through procedurally generated caves. Players select from three classes and engage in turn-based combat, collecting loot and unlocking abilities. Beta sign-ups are now open.
PETSCII Dungeons & Droids C64 - Fancy a bit of PETSCII gameplay, then check out this new game by Ko-Ko (Kornel Kolma)
PETSCII Dungeons & Droids, a new tactical roguelike deck-builder for the Commodore 64, has been released by developer Ko-Ko (Kornel Kolma) and published by PleasureBytes Games. The game features PETSCII graphics, card-based battles with sentient dice, and a soundtrack by Vincenzo, known for his work on The Witcher 3. It utilizes a single joystick for control and offers deep tactical gameplay with numerous enemy variations and upgradeable abilities.
Marathon Still Has a Lot to Prove, Even With Its New PvE Mode
Despite the introduction of a new PvE mode called Vault Breaker, Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon continues to struggle with low player numbers, falling below 7,000 concurrent players on Steam. The new mode offers a roguelike progression system for solo players and teams, but the game's overall player base remains critically low, raising concerns about its future and the studio's investment, especially following the departure of game director Joe Ziegler.
Multiplayer Spooky Survival Game Don’t Starve Together Launches on Mobile
Don't Starve Together, the multiplayer survival game originally released on PC in 2016, has now launched on mobile platforms. The game supports up to six players and features procedurally generated worlds with various creatures, dangers, and secrets. It is available on the Google Play Store with a limited-time discount.
Lovecraftian Underwater Roguelite Dive or Die: Children of Rain Launches on PC
The Lovecraftian underwater roguelike Dive or Die: Children of Rain, developed by Drop Rate Studio and published by Dear Villagers, has launched on PC. Players have 40 in-game days to recover sacred idols from the Abyssal Pool to save humanity from a final flood, with permanent death and resource management being key gameplay elements. An Endless Mode is also available for players who prefer a less time-constrained experience.
Reap and Rush Released
The roguelike action game Reap and Rush, developed by Beijing Pacifier Technology, has launched on Windows via Steam. The game draws inspiration from Chinese mythology.
Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist isn't using generative AI in his next game following backlash to his last 2…
Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko has stated he will not use generative AI in his upcoming game developed at COLOPL, following criticism of his previous title, Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter. While that game utilized AI-generated artwork trained on his own illustrations, Kaneko found the process inefficient and the results unsatisfactory, with some art resembling copyrighted works. An offline version of Tsukuyomi for Nintendo Switch removed the AI generation system.
Pass The Fear Review – Build your own bullet hell
Pass The Fear is a roguelike bullet hell game that offers satisfyingly difficult gameplay and over-the-top guns. While it excels at creating powerful builds, the repetitive boss encounters and similar feeling builds across runs limit its long-term replayability compared to other games in the genre. The inclusion of co-op, even in beta, is a positive addition.
