Welcome to Gone Rogue, the new weekly feature where I hope to offer a more detailed dive into the roguelikes, roguelites, and rogue adjacent games that have launched in the last week.
Regular readers (I love you, btw) will know that there’s already a big monthly round-up of the best new roguelikes. However, I’ve come to realise that there are so many games launching every month that it’s simply not feasible for me to include them all in one article like that. Thus, I’ll keep the original monthly feature limited to the highlights (in my humble opinion, of course) and in this weekly piece I’ll dig deeper and include anything I can find, regardless of its perceived quality.
Having said all that, there are some omissions. For starters, I’m not going to include anything overtly sexual or that is demeaning towards women. I’m also skipping mobile ports, demos, and prologue games unless they’re for something major because… well, you’ll see. Finally, I’m not going to include images for all games because that would mean some serious bloat. If you like the sound of something, you’re just going to have to click through and take a closer look…
There are so many interesting rogues out there and I’m going to miss some. If that’s the case, please reach out to me via email on editor@rogueliker.com. I’ll try to update this feature with any tips you send as the aim of this game is to surface and highlight new releases as indiscriminately as possible. Now, go and wishlist some roguelikes…
Onslaught on the Solar Frontier – June 28 – PC – “Take on the enemy onslaught in this top-down cover shooter roguelite.”
Disciples of Varahces – June 28 – PC – “A roguelike where you fight waves of increasingly stronger enemies, gathering items along the way to grow stronger yourself.”
Robot Arena Survivors – June 28 – PC – “A single-player arena auto-shooter. You are piloting one of your own Hovercraft Units to fight against many waves of deadly robots.”
Night Poetry – June 28 – PC – “A story-driven rogue-lite RPG with an existential and subjective narrative.”
Idiot’s Fantasy – June 28 – PC – “An idiotic hack-slash Roguelike in a world where every rule can be changed by equipping various rule books.”
Pizza Hero – June 28 – PC – “A unique shoot ’em up roguelike. The toppings you select [affect] your abilities.”
Quack Invasion – June 27 – PC – “Pilot mechs as you slaughter hordes of a diverse cast of alien quacks in this survival roguelike.”
Demons are coming! – June 27 – PC – “A bullet hell [roguelite] shooter where you fight a high variety of demons that occupied your holy land.”
Zenith Armada – June 27 – PC – “Command ships, explore galaxies, engage in real-time battles, and customize your fleet.”
Seekers of Darkness – June 27 – PC – “A thrilling deck-building roguelike RPG with intense card battles and tower defense RTS elements.”
Frogue – June 27 – PC, PS, Switch, Xbox – “Frogue is a stylish turn-based action platformer with bits of roguelite, bullet hell and time manipulation.”
Whacking Hell! – June 27 – Switch (already out on PC, more platforms to follow) – “A frantic 2D top-down shooter with roguelite elements.”
Gun Rounds – June 27 – Switch – “Guide this squishy hero through enemy hordes in a turn-based roguelike shooter. Your strategy and quick reflexes are crucial!”
Sky Survivors – June 27 – Switch – “An arena shooter roguelite. Choose from a variety of skills, unlock unique characters and weapons.”
ReRoad – June 27 – PC – “A Tower Defense game with a brand new concept where the players dig their own paths.”
Unkillable Robots – June 26 – PC – “An exciting game set in the distant future, where robots have taken over the whole world and are divided into two camps.”
The Nine Tailed Celestial Fox – June 26 – PC – “A sandbox cultivation game where players recruit and train talents, build homesteads, practice alchemy and crafting, battle monsters and collect materials.”
Error 259 – June 26 – PC – “Collect unique items each floor, developing your stats and creating interesting item combos with terrifyingly powerful synergies!”
Catacomb Rogue Clawsaders – June 26 – PC – “In this deckbuilding roguelite you’ll embark on an dark journey alongside a fearless band of kitties as they claw their way through hordes of monstrous adversaries.”
Survivors – June 26 – PC – “Eight skills, twelve maps, three hundred talents, top-down survival Roguelike game!”
Frogun Encore – June 25 – PC, PS, Switch, Xbox – “Frogun ENCORE is a dashing standalone expansion/sequel to indie hit FROGUN! Explore the world with your trusty Frogun in this cute, lowpoly adventure!”
Emberward – June 25 – PC – “Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this engaging roguelite tower defense game!”
Signs of Birth – June 25 – PC – “You can try building with cards, and you can also have fun dodging bullet hell.”
Stratum Descent – June 25 – PC – “A micro rogue-lite deck builder where you forge customizable cards, navigate through dangerous stratums, and confront powerful stratum lords.”
Guncho – June 25 – PC – “In this small scale, turn based tactics game, you spin Guncho’s revolver cylinder to keep his bullets aligned to enemies.”
The Dungeon-Dungeon Awaits – June 24 – PC – “An engaging traditional roguelike where each enemy and weapon has a unique shape. You’ll outsmart countless foes, craft absurdly broken builds, and overthrow the Three-Faced God.”
Bloodsaint – June 24 – PC – “Not a remaster of a 94’s retro-hardcore minigame about a cleric performing a ritual for a ruthless [synthetic] deity, but pretty close.”
Cosmic Cursor – June 24 – PC – ” Fuses simple mouse-based controls with a challenging, reactive bullet hell for the ultimate pick-up-and-play roguelike experience.”
Dragon Eclipse – June 24 – PC – “Catch and train Mystlings to put together your own team! Build a strong card deck and create efficient synergies of three Mystlings to fight your enemies.”
Tehnodrom – June 24 – PC – “The game is intended for fans of casual games in the 2D platform style who love challenges and want to test themselves as a brave tehnodrom pilot.”
Dice & Fold – June 24 – PC – “Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 20 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.”
Trail of Destiny – June 24 – PC – “A unique mix of Action RPG + Deck building roguelike + Bullet hells where you play as Glen, the hero from the different world, summoned to save Gaia from the destructions of The Destiny.”
Bad Cat Good Dog Alien Force – June 24 – PC – “As the forward line, take defense against dimensional invaders and blast your way through waves of incoming enemies.”
BadDool – June 24 – PC – “Engage with entertaining NPCs, collect unique cards, and use them in first person card battles.”
Dungeon World – June 24 – PC – “Explore procedural worlds, plan your journey, make a family, modify the lands, get old and reincarnate with more world knowledge.”
Cryptic Escape – June 23 – PC – “A difficult [roguelike] dungeon explore where your goal is to recover as much treasure as possible, and find your way out, without any of the monsters catching you.”
Impact Trial: First Encounter – June 22 – PC – “A mixture of bullet hell and graphic adventure with rogue-lite elements, where decisions influence the plot.”
Daydam Knight – June 22 – PC – “A roguelike deckbuilder game [where] you play as a knight who is trying to destroy demons that have attacked his land.”
Naus – June 22 – PC – “A thrilling 2D action roguelike that takes you deep into a dark dungeon for deadly battles against hordes of monsters and exciting adventures.”
Undead Onslaught – June 22 – PC – “A Bullet Heaven RPG where you ascend as the villain. Master unique mechanics and strategic combat to dominate a dark, evolving world.”
