Welcome, Dear Reader, to the second instalment of Gone Rogue (here’s the article from last week), the new weekly update where we gather together as many newly released roguelike games, roguelites, and genre-defying roguish releases as possible.

If you want the big monthly round-up of the best new roguelikes you’ll find it here, otherwise keep scrolling down for all of the last week’s new releases (minus anything pornographic, mobile ports, demos, and prologue games).

Calculate It – July 5 – PC – “A boring device has turned into an interesting strategy, where each calculator you collect sets its own style of play.”

Angelstruck – July 5 – PC (Mac, Win) – “A 2D roguelite shooter where you demolish the forces of Heaven as you attempt to reach the pearly gates. Overcharge your holy rifle, and min-max your way into insane game-breaking builds.”

Pico Pico Dungeon! – July 5 – PC – “A turn-based roguelike RPG that’s easy to pick up and play! Casual yet challenging! Strategic depth is preserved!”

Permuter – July 4 – PC – “A synthwave-style autobattler inspired by Geometry Wars 3’s Pacifism mode.”

Arena Warrior – July 4 – PC – “Fight epic bosses and gain new abilities to strengthen your run in this fast past rouge-like arena fighter.”

Blow Away Survivors – July 4 – PC – “A thrilling casual roguelite action game where you unleash attacks, sending countless enemies flying.”

Rolmi – July 4 – PC – “A roguelike that takes place in an infinite, procedurally generated world, where you’ll have to fight increasingly numerous enemies as you explore your surroundings and collect pennies.”

Cardwoven Empires – July 4 – PC – “Deckbuilder with 4X elements. Explore a world to find artefacts, play cards to add cities, farms, temples and ports, trade with your neighbours or invade them, and defend yourself.”

Dungeon Keeper: Labyrinth Legacy – July 4 – PC – “A dynamic tower defense. Develop your dungeon and create monsters to guard your territory against adventurers.”

Taboo Trial – July 4 – Switch – “Unlock different Valkyries in Valhalla, each playable with distinct styles. Take up the weapons of the gods to challenge the “giants”, each weapon having a distinct combat style.”

Replik Survivors – July 4 – Switch – “A time survival game with role-playing and roguelite elements. Through the choice of upgrades in battle to make the character stronger and stronger, defeat the oncoming enemies.”

This week’s cover game: Lifeforms: Binary Mission – July 3 – PC – “Clone yourself to take over the environment in this bacterial evolution roguelite. Choose mutations and abilities each time you multiply.”

Maze / Break – July 3 – PC – “Gather your team, arm them with some gear and try to find the way out through the hordes of monsters in a procedurally generated maze!”

Mad World Survivors – July 3 – PC – “A casual Vampire Survivors Like game in the style of cyber-post-apocalyptic horror with elements of a simplified roguelike.”

Gacha Fever – July 2 – PC – “A survivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Buble Tea Canon.”

Slime Coming – July 1 – PC – “A casual game with light rogue-like elements and survivor type. Fully automatic attack, through upgrades, strengthen your hero and defeat slimes and monsters.”

A Storm Unsung – June 30 – PC – “An action rogue-lite with a multitude of characters, procedural generation, multiple difficulty levels that change more than just numbers, and an AI named Glass’s Eyes that directs the pace of combat.”

Wukong’s Pool – June 30 – PC – “A unique fusion of roguelike elements, poker strategy, and the gameplay of billiards. In this pool game, you take on the role of Wukong, the Monkey King, facing a series of challenges.”

Alien Outpost – June 29 – PC – “An adrenaline-pumping 2.5D twin-stick shooter places you at a remote outpost besieged by relentless waves of alien invaders.”

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What’s more, there are always going to be new lists for emerging trends as well as fresh titles to highlight. This is because my backlog is embarrassingly long, and so I’m always trying to balance the new games that arrive in my inbox with playing the stuff I already have.

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