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Draft of Darkness adds a little survival horror to deck-building roguelikes

By Liam Dawe, Aug 24, 2020

Whatever will developers come up with next for deck-building card games? Survival horror, as it turns out. Draft of Darkness was announced and it's coming to Linux.

Roguelike shoot 'em up Good Robot is now open source

By Liam Dawe, Aug 17, 2020

Fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up Good Robot released in 2016 from Pyrodactyl has now had the code opened up under the MIT license.

Dead Cells gets another big free update and a Demake Soundtrack

By Liam Dawe, Aug 13, 2020

A chiptune/8-bit version of the Dead Cells soundtrack? Absolutely sign me up. Oh, there's also a brand new free content update out now which is nice too.

Streets of Rogue gets a big bug-fix update as work continues on a sequel

By Liam Dawe, Aug 13, 2020

Streets of Rogue, one of my absolute favourite indie games has a new update out as work continues to find and fix every possible bug, plus a few new bits were added.

Inscryption from the developer of Pony Island has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, Aug 11, 2020

Inscryption from Daniel Mullins Games (Pony Island, The Hex) sounds absolutely wild and it's got a brand new trailer but we've got quite some time to wait on it.

Challenging co-op dungeon crawler 'Barony' gets Linux Steam and Epic Store crossplay

By Liam Dawe, Aug 10, 2020

Recently, the first-person dungeon crawling roguelike Barony had a bit of an upgrade along with a release on the Epic Store and that came with crossplay.

UnderMine is a challenging dungeon-crawler that's worth digging deep for - out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 6, 2020

After a successful run in Early Access, Thorium Entertainment have today released their dungeon crawling action-adventure UnderMine.

Stoneshard has a small equipment patch while they rework the AI and Dungeons

By Liam Dawe, Jul 31, 2020

Ink Stains Games have announced that their Early Access and thoroughly challenging roguelike, Stoneshard, is set to get a huge overhaul to the AI and Dungeon Generation systems.

First-person roguelike RPG 'Barony' has a Steam sale, Free Weekend and an upgrade

By Liam Dawe, Jul 31, 2020

Turning Wheel are continuing to upgrade their first-person roguelike RPG 'Barony', with a fresh update available and you can try it free on Steam.

Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward gets a big free expansion

By Liam Dawe, Jul 29, 2020

Currently in Early Access, Wayward is a wilderness survival roguelike from developer Unlok and the 9th major update is out now with the Seafarer expansion.

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is back, free and under the GPL

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2020

Before the likes of FTL: Faster Than Light we had Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, one of the first spaceship roguelikes and it's made a return.

Dota 2 gets a free dungeon crawling Summer Event game mode

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2020

Valve have updated Dota 2 with a Summer Event that's free for everyone to play even if you don't have the Battle Pass.

A chat with the developer of the action-packed roguelike Burning Knight

By Liam Dawe, Jul 2, 2020

Burning Knight is a recently released action-packed roguelike, featuring slick pixel-art and fantastic lighting along with plenty of over the top action and a little sprinkle of comedy.

Charming dungeon crawling adventure 'UnderMine' launches August 6

By Liam Dawe, Jun 30, 2020

After about five years in development and close to 120,000 players later, UnderMine is getting ready to leave Early Access on August 6 to have you dig deep for gold.

Skeletris mixes a Tetris-like equipment system with a roguelike

By Liam Dawe, Jun 25, 2020

Gosh, itch.io can really be a gold-mine of interesting games can't it. Today I took a look at Skeletris, which mixes a Tetris-based equipment system with a roguelike.

Tallowmere 2 could be my next favourite dungeon-crawling action platformer

By Liam Dawe, Jun 18, 2020

After playing a bunch of Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens by solo dev Chris McFarland during the Steam Game Festival, I'm annoyingly hooked on the absurdness of it.

Combo-driven roguelite action platformer Fury Unleashed is getting online play

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2020

After launching in May with added Linux support, Fury Unleashed is set to get a big update in a few months adding in online play based on feedback from players.

GONNER2 announced bringing even more colourful action

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2020

IGF-winning game GoNNER is getting a sequel! GONNER2 was announced today by Art in Heart and Raw Fury, bringing an even more colourful platformer-shooter and it's due out this year.