Gone Rogue: The New Roguelikes and Roguelites of the Week (August 10 – August 16)

Yo yo yo, you lovely people, welcome back to another episode of Gone Rogue, the weekly recap where I go over the release schedule for new roguelikes and stoner-like scoop the last bits of peanut butter out of a jar. As usual, you won’t find any porn games, no demos and prologues, nor anything that looks like it was made on an Etch-a-Sketch. With that disclaimer firmly in place, let’s give it a go…

Feed the Deep – August 16 – PC (Mac, Win) – “A Lovecraftian roguelite. Dive into procedurally generated underwater caverns. Collect gold, upgrade your gear, and Feed the Deep.”

Odd Realm – August 16 – PC (Lin, Mac, Win) – “A mystical colony sim set in a fantasy land! Lead your colonists to build a thriving refuge, braving unpredictable seasons, elusive bandits, unseen terrors, and legendary gods.”

Bring It On! – August 16 – PC – “A singleplayer auto-attacking ‘monster’-hell shoot-em-up survival game. Take on HUGE hordes of monsters across multiple locations, earn experience points to level up and obtain new weapons and items, and unlock loads of characters!”

Artifice: War Tactics – August 16 – PC – “A turn-based strategy roguelike with a unique asymmetrical combat system. In this game, enemies set up attack zones, while your champions can actively evade and disrupt their strategy with their attributes, skills, or items.”

South Pole Bebop – August 16 – PC – “A multiplayer turn-based strategy game inspired by Into The Breach, set on a 9×9 board where you control characters and protect bases. Create a unique deck of ability cards and characters. Eliminate the opponent while fending off a horde of zombies.”

Creeping Dusk – August 16 – PC (Lin, Win) – “Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend yourself from the monsters that swarm the area. Strengthen your defenses and prepare for the increasingly difficult nights.”

Dark Lord – August 16 – PC (Mac, Win) – “Unleash your power in Dark Lord, a roguelike RPG full of strategy, adventure, and sarcastic humor. Rule your growing empire with an iron fist in Story Mode, delve deep into the legends created by other players, or forge your own.”

Salvo Shuffle – August 16 – PC – “Salvo Shuffle is a turn-based bullet-hell roguelike with combat mechanics resembling Substory. Enemies can only damage you by performing individual bullet-hell attacks.”

Mach K9 – August 15 – PC – “Physics roguelite. Smash aliens out of the arena to defeat them. Choose upgrades after each wave and complete each wave to win. Unlock additional upgrades as you play.”

Tales & Tactics – August 15 – PC – “Roguelike squad-based Autobattler in a tabletop RPG setting. Assemble your army, carefully equip and position your units, make critical choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you prepare for the Grand Tournament.”

Retro Dungeons – August 15 – PC – “A fantasy wave-based dungeon crawler with random and unique loot. Explore new areas and battle a wide variety of different enemies in your quest to achieve the fastest dungeon clear time.”

Laser Tanks – August 15 – PC – “A fast-paced top-down shooter where you fight alien monsters in various environments using weapons and laser tanks. The game features wild monsters, tons of weapons, laser tanks to control, and an infinite mode.”

The Godfeather: A Mafia Pigeon Saga – August 15 – Switch – “The Godfeather is a mafia pigeon roguelike that combines elements of stealth, open-world exploration, and poop… lots of poop!”

Dawn of Survivor – August 15 – PC – “A third-person survivor roguelike where waves of zombies descend upon you. Killing them grants you random chances to obtain gear, weapons, and new abilities.”

Heat Plan – August 14 – PC – “A strategy roguelike about unit placement. Make good use of randomly appearing units and buffs, and strategically place your units within the limited grid spaces on the board to earn more coins and achieve the set goal.”

Lost To Riches – August 14 – PC (Mac, Win) – “Fight your way through an army of demons to escape Hell’s Casino! Wield a variety of powerful items, weapons, and holier than thou upgrades as you uncover a conspiracy in this Action Rogue-Lite experience!”

Deck of Defense – August 14 – PC – “A deck-building, tower defense game where you place cards to defend your base. Create a unique deck, improve your abilities, unlock game-breaking defense strategies, and see if your Deck of Defense can stand the test of time.”

To the Stars – August 14 – PC – “A fast-paced, whimsical, tactical planet-hopping game. Choose your own adventure as you conquer the universe – one constellation at a time.”

Beats of Betrayal – August 13 – PC (Lin, Win) – “An adventure game with roguelike mechanics and rhythm-based combat. Explore dungeons, gain skills, and grow stronger to defeat challenging bosses and unravel the secrets surrounding the ‘Power of the Waves’!”

Dungeon Arsenal – August 13 – Xbox – “A fast-paced roguelike card game. Progress through a series of randomly generated floors filled with cards to reveal. The weapons and items you need for your journey lie among the cards, but there are also terrifying monsters waiting to be revealed… Choose your hero and good luck!”

Adrenalin Rampage – August 13 – PC – “Survivor platformer. Action Roguelike. You are trapped in a distorted space city. You must survive and return home. Hordes of techno-zombies stand in your way. And there is something strange going on in this space city.”

X Invader – August 13 – PC – “An action roguelite where you hack into the servers of huge corporations. Use add-ons from other hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!”

Compound – August 13 – PS VR2 (also PC VR) – “A randomized, rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Dodge enemy fire in a hardcore retro FPS with multiple movement options. Prepare to die – a lot – until you’re good enough to reach the heart of The Corporation and take back what’s everyone’s…”

Horde Survivor – August 13 – PC – “Fight hordes of monsters in this top-down roguelite arena bullet hell game. Play solo or with up to 4 players online. Choose which character you want to play as, which stat you want to achieve, and which spell you want to learn.”

Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate – August 12 – PC, PS5 – “Control a sword-wielding robot and a revolver-wielding space frog simultaneously in this explosively colorful sci-fi roguelike. Play solo, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team and slice through waves of enemies.”

Multiversal Time Survivors – August 12 – PC – “Classic twist on the Survivors genre. Choose one of many characters and travel across multiple dimensions while battling enemies.”

Defiance Survivors – August 12 – PC – “A casual fantasy style Roguelike game. There are two game modes in the game. To become a hero and survive among monsters, or to become a summoner who summons monsters and hunts heroes.”

Nova Drift – August 12 – PC (Mac, Win) – “Distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Pilot an endlessly evolving biomechanical ship, take on legions of strange and deadly enemies, and ride through the void in the wake of a dying star.”

Abyss Survivors – August 11 – PC – “A casual game where the corrupted ocean spawns ferocious creatures. Use your Sutando skills to defeat them. Dive deeper, level up, and acquire powerful gear. Use elemental reactions strategically.”

Tower Knight – August 10 – PC – “Tower Knight is a deck-building & tower defense strategy game. Build your deck to strengthen your position, level up your knight, and win by conquering enemy towers.”

Ravenwood – August 10 – PC – “Play as a hero battling enemies in the forest. Progress and learn new skills to become stronger, but so do the enemies. Can you survive the mystical creatures of Ravenwood?

Demoniac TV – August 10 – PC – “Destroy demonic TVs with crazy powerups! Demoniac TV is a roguelite with a cyberpunk look that plays in waves. Kill, buy weapons, and grow stronger! In this mission, exorcising is your final destination.”