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The latest Roguelike coverage curated for game developers.

Dredge maker Black Salt Games establishes indie studio Team Trifold under new Saltworks Entertainment label

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Dredge maker Black Salt Games has launched Team Trifold and a new white-label publisher, Saltworks Entertainment, to share production, QA, localisation, audio, marketing and business support across …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 2 days, 23 hours ago
Character Development and Storytelling in Kernel Hearts, Out Now on XBOX

XBox Wire says Kernel Hearts is out now on Xbox, bringing Ephemera Games’ action RPG to players with a post-apocalyptic Patagonia setting, roguelike runs, and co-op for up to four. …

Official XBox Wire · 3 days, 13 hours ago
Action Roguelite Shape of Dreams Launches on XBOX Today With its Biggest Update Yet

XBox Wire says Shape of Dreams lands today on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass with cross-play and its biggest update yet. The Starless Path adds Cetus, a new …

Official XBox Wire · 3 days, 21 hours ago
Next Week on XBOX: New Games for September 7 to 11

Xbox’s September 7–11 lineup mixes licensed sports, horror, sim, and strategy releases, with several launches optimized for Series X|S and a few on Game Pass or Play Anywhere. For developers, …

Official XBox Wire · 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Serious Sam: Shatterverse – A Brand New Take on a Classic

Serious Sam: Shatterverse is taking the franchise into FPS roguelite territory, built in Unreal Engine with peer-to-peer multiplayer and an offline solo mode. Behaviour Interactive says the goal is a …

Official XBox Wire · 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Free Play Days – Train Sim World 6, Icarus: Console Edition, and Lynked: Banner of the Spark

Xbox Game Pass members can sample Train Sim World 6, Icarus: Console Edition, and Lynked: Banner of the Spark during Free Play Days from Aug. 20-23. The weekend trial window …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month ago
"As more people play games, even the tiniest niches find a bigger audience" – Why Matt Webster is convinced people want Star Wars: Galactic Racer

Fuse Games is betting that Star Wars: Galactic Racer can revive arcade racing by mixing high-speed tracks with roguelike-style consequence. The 75-person studio, founded by Criterion veterans, launches its first …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 1 month ago
Dinos Collide in Explosive On-Rails Shooter Tailbreak, Out Now

Tailbreak is out now on Xbox Series X|S, PC via XPA, and handhelds, bringing a two-player on-rails shooter built around dinosaurs, zombies, and score-chasing replay loops. The follow-up to Railbreak …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month, 1 week ago
Monsters Are Coming! Launches on XBOX Series X|S on August 6 — With a New Update Built for Challenge Seekers

Monsters Are Coming! lands on Xbox Series X|S on August 6, bringing a console release alongside a systems-heavy update. The patch adds The Joker, a randomness-driven Hero, plus the X-Fortress …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Indie Selects for August 2026: Adventure is Calling This Summer

Xbox’s August 2026 Indie Selects spotlights six curated indies, with a strong mix of narrative adventure, roguelite action, cozy life-sim, and co-op horror. The lineup is designed to help players …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hard Work Pays off as Shard Squad Comes to XBOX

Shard Squad has launched on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox on PC with Xbox Play Anywhere support. The Brazilian team at The Root Studios is bringing its first …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus

Ars Technica says Pathogenic, Aberrant Labs’ roguelite twin-stick shooter, has already cleared 100,000 sales and earned an overwhelmingly positive Steam rating. The hook is simple but effective: you play the …

News Ars Technica · 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Alpha Nomos Turns Instruments into Weapons, Coming to Xbox Series X|S

Alpha Nomos is bringing beat-synced combat to Xbox Series X|S, with every attack and dodge tied to the music. RibCage Games has built the roguelite around live-recorded instruments that double …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Tiny Farm

Kenney.nl has added Tiny Farm, a 2D asset pack in its Tiny series with 130 files. The set is aimed at farm, RPG, roguelike, map, and pixel-art projects, giving teams …

Official Kenney.nl · 2 months, 2 weeks ago
How I Coded the Perks in my Roguelike

A roguelike with 100+ passive perks pushed the developer into a new architecture problem: how to make lots of effects stack cleanly without turning the codebase into a mess. The …

Video Game Maker's Toolkit · 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why The Arcade Crew Backed Chivalware: A GameMaker-Built Roguelite With a Puzzle-Game Twist

The Arcade Crew says Chivalware stood out because it mixed roguelite structure with a puzzle-game twist, not just another action pitch. For indie teams, the useful takeaway is how a …

Official GameMaker · 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Jin Universe Studios launches with investor backing to fund debut title Aether Dawn

Singapore startup Jin Universe Studios has secured undisclosed backing from AGV and Bitkraft to fund its first game, Aether Dawn. For devs, the notable part is the team’s pedigree: ex-Tencent, …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 3 months, 1 week ago
2K lays off staff working on free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, while hinting at "new direction and focus"

2K has cut staff at 31st Union as Project Ethos gets a “renewed direction and vision,” which sounds like a midstream reset rather than a simple trim. The studio says …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 4 months, 1 week ago
How Steam changes and a China strategy helped TinyBuild's The King is Watching hit 500k sales

TinyBuild's The King is Watching has surpassed 500,000 sales, a significant milestone for the roguelite kingdom builder. This success stems from strategic pivots during development and a focused approach to …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Mini Dungeon

Kenney.nl has expanded Mini Dungeon, a free CC0 3D asset pack aimed at dungeon RPG and roguelike prototypes. The pack now includes 30 files, animation support, and multiple update passes, …

Official Kenney.nl · 7 months ago
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