Roguelike News
The latest Roguelike coverage curated for game developers.
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …