Welcome back, you lovely lot, to another batch of newly released roguelike and roguelite games, with Gone Rogue once again stacked with interesting indie releases of all shapes and sizes that have just come to market!
Each listing includes the developer, release date, platforms, and the game’s store description, as written by the studio. As per, I’ve skipped past the really gnarly-looking stuff, anything free-to-play, prologues, the overly sexualised games, and anything made with AI.
That said, there are still loads of different titles that make the cut, including Into the Restless Ruins, which Kieran loved, and the return of Flaming Fowl Studios with this week’s cover game, Konfronto, a sci-fi auto-battler with FTL vibes. That being so, get comfy and enjoy another round of Gone Rogue!
Crafty Survivors | Flannel Bear Games | May 16 | PC (Mac, Win) | “All heroes got corrupted! Unlock a diverse cast of crafty professionals, use their unique skills, create your own builds and defend your home by eliminating hordes of monsters. Gather materials, rebuild your village and craft your way to the origin of this malignous curse!”
Abyss Chaser | Bitrunner | May 16 | PC (Win) | “Hunt demons as a biker rebel angel in this action-packed rogue-like dungeon crawler. Ride through Forsaken Lands and chase your enemies to the Depths of Hell using blades, guns, spells and support of otherworldly patrons.”
The Last Strand | Rainbow Lotus Studio | May 16 | PC (Lin, Win) | “The Last Strand is randomly generated twin stick shooter. You will play a pirate trying to escape a boat and seek vengeance, fighting enemies, helping NPC, discovering secrets and finding items.”
Eye of the Summoner | Bumblebee Studios | May 16 | PC (Lin, Win) | “You are the Eye of the Summoner. Protect your tower from the fiendish hordes of paladins attempting to destroy it. Summon your beloved creatures of the darkness and fight to keep the flame of your beacon alive for as long as possible.”
Noah’s Dilemma | Guanpeng Chen | May 16 | PC (Mac, Win) | “A sudoku-inspired strategy roguelike where you build a team of animal sailors and guide your ark through perilous seas. Master tactical placement, face unpredictable encounters, and battle deadly foes as you chart a course through this reimagined world of Noah’s Ark.”
Threshold Sector | CalamaroBlue | May 16 | PC (Win) | “You’ve been stranded by your company in a section of the facility known as “threshold sector”. You’ll have to find weapons, meds and equipment to survive and try to escape the complex. But be as careful as possible: everything down here wants you dead.”
Monster Battles | Fourteen | Mayu 16 | PC (Win) | “Gather your monster squad and fight in Monster Battles! Dive into this inventory management auto-battler. Collect, combine, and strategize with your monsters. The same-race monsters get powerful buffs, and monsters can fuse and evolve. Discover endless possibilities and build your ultimate squad!”
Into the Restless Ruins | Ant Workshop | May 15 | PC (Win), PS5, Switch, Xbox Series | “A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?”
Cosmic Coliseum | Exane Games | May 15 | PC (Win) | “Fight for your freedom as you battle through wave after wave of alien adversaries. Destroy enemy fighters and collect XP to raise your level and become more powerful. Combine your skills and abilities with a huge range of power-ups to become the ultimate champion.”
Shovel Knight Dig | Yacht Club Games, | May 15 | PS5, Xbox Series | “Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!”
Accretion | ValarFerys | May 15 | PC (Win) | “Simulate being a celestial body in an open universe, using the rules of relativity and astrophysics to plunder mass and gradually evolve from a gas cloud into a planet, a star, or even a supermassive black hole.”
Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade | 7Quark | May 15 | PC (Win), Switch | “Defeat malevolent forces in this stunning Japanese-inspired roguelite world! Become a master of the Demon Blades and combat swarms of demons in a fantasy realm set in the Edo period. Through every journey, you will unveil the hidden truths concealed within troubled times.”
Broventure: The Wild Co-op | Alice Games | May 15 | PC (Win) | “Broventure = Vampire Survivors + Base building + Co-op. Band together with friends and obliterate hordes of grueling enemies, gather crucial resources, and transform your camp into a sanctuary of liberation.”
One of the Many | ArmedLamb Interactive | May 15 | PC (Win) | “One Of The Many is an indie game where heroes fight and die in an endless loop, under the constant gaze of the Great Entity.”
Trizon | Ling | May 15 | PC (Mac, Win) | “Trizon is a roguelike deck-building game. Fuse any two cards together to play crazy combos. The game combines auto-battler mechanics, where creatures attack on their own, with instant-effect spell cards. Battles are fast-paced and dynamic, set against a simple and restrained art style.”
Don’t Pop My Bubble | QDos | May 14 | PC (Win) | “Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!”
Endless Waves Survival | Jeferson Belmiro | May 14 | PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | “Endless Waves Survival is an adrenaline-fueled endless survival game. Fight a continuous onslaught of enemies and claim upgrades and new abilities as you level up. How long will you survive the next run?”
Ma vie en rogue | FDS | May 14 | PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | “Ma vie en rogue is a roguelike spanning multiple themed dungeons and worlds bringing advancements such as a mini-map, first-person view, and paperdoll customization to the genre.”
Hiragana Hero | Keen Reflex | May 14 | PC (Mac, Win) | “Learn to read Japanese in this addictive and educational dungeon crawler RPG!”
Konfronto | Flaming Fowl Studios | May 13 | PC (Win) | “Sci-fi roguelike auto battler where you command an intergalactic carrier, outfitting it with new spacecraft and technologies to take on other players in asynchronous multiplayer!”
Gunbot Diplomacy | Sleepy Sentry | May 13 | PC (Win) | “Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.”
Gung Beetle | Secretly Ants Studio | May 13 | PC (Win) | “Gung Beetle is a twin-stick action roguelike where you play as Rollo, a dung beetle just trying to protect his ball by covering it in as much firepower as possible, swap and upgrade the parts in your guns to create insane and devastating combos, and decimate the ant menace.”
Side Effect | Daegames Studio | May 12 | PC (Win) | “Side Effect combines a game of chess with a roguelike experience. Experiment, discover combos, carve out your own path by expanding your spellbook and collecting artifacts. Lose, learn and try again.”
Cats & Dice | Yongjustyong | May 12 | PC (Win) | “A roguelike dice-building game where the goal is to overcome an ever-increasing target score each round. Assemble a synergistic set of Cats and dice, go for crazy combos and try to attain as high a score as you possibly can. Master the synergy between cats and dice to win!”
Want more roguelikes, roguelites, and other strange roguish experiments? Check out The Monthly Update for May!
