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Key art for the Pacific Drive Whispers in the Woods expansion, which shows a car beneath a strange figure with a red filter
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Pacific Drive Whispers in the Woods Expansion Promises New Secrets and More This Year

Pacific Drive developer Ironwood Studios and publisher Kepler Interactive have announced Whispers in the Woods, a brand new DLC expansion that will introduce new story elements, new anomalies, and…

September 10, 2025 | 11:26 EDT

Key art for Poncle's Kill the Brickman, which shows a bullet breaking through several bricks with faces
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Kill the Brickman Is a Brick-Breaking Roguelike from Vampire Survivors Studio Poncle

Vampire Survivors developer and publisher Poncle has announced Kill the Brickman, a brand new brick-breaking roguelike developed by a first-time US studio by the delightful name of Doonutsaur. As…

August 21, 2025 | 09:00 EDT

Coins being raked in in the coin-pusher roguelike Raccoin
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Balatro Publisher's Raccoin Wants to Be Your New Roguelike Obsession

Balatro publisher Playstack has announced Raccoin, a roguelike that blends strategic deckbuilding with the arcade thrills of coin-pusher machines, and it's getting a playtest very soon. As revealed…

August 14, 2025 | 10:57 EDT

Key art for Ratatan, which depicts a chaotic scene full of creatures playing musical instruments
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Patapon Creators' Ratatan Launches in Early Access Next Month

Ratatan, the rhythm-action game created by several ex-Patapon developers, will launch on PC via Steam Early Access next month, developer Ratata Arts has announced. Per a press release, Ratatan will…

August 14, 2025 | 08:55 EDT

A retro-style landscape with trees, rivers, and other features in Caves of Qud
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"At Least Three" Caves of Qud Expansions Planned, Developers Say

Freehold Games and publisher Kitfox Games have announced that "at least three" Caves of Qud expansions are planned "over the next few years", and that major updates will accompany each expansion as…

July 16, 2025 | 08:53 EDT

Key art for The King Is Watching, which shows a creepy king's eyes against a red background
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Roguelite Kingdom Builder The King Is Watching Gets July Release Date

Developer Hypnohead and publisher tinyBuild have announced the release date for roguelite city-builder The King Is Watching, and it's set to arrive on PC next month. Per a press release, The King Is…

June 30, 2025 | 10:49 EDT

Characters running towards Adel in Elden Ring Nightreign
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Elden Ring Nightreign's First Superpowered Boss Is Here in New Update

Bandai Namco has released a new Elden Ring Nightreign update, and it's got the first of the promised upgraded Nightlord bosses for you to take on. These bosses were first teased as part of a preview…

June 19, 2025 | 09:14 EDT

Fulghor, one of the bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign
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Elden Ring Nightreign Duo Expeditions Confirmed as Sales Top 3.5m

Developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco have announced that one of Elden Ring Nightreign's most-requested features will be coming to the game at a later date, and that a new sales milestone…

June 3, 2025 | 07:57 EDT

Wylder, Ironeye, and Guardian fighting enemies in Elden Ring Nightreign
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Elden Ring Nightreign Now Lets You Revive During Solo Play

A new Elden Ring Nightreign update has been released, and if you feel like you've been dying too often during solo play, then this one's for you. Per the official patch notes, one of the biggest…

June 2, 2025 | 09:19 EDT

The Duchess holding her head in Elden Ring Nightreign
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Elden Ring Nightreign Sales Top 2m on First Day

Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have revealed that multiplayer spinoff Elden Ring Nightreign has already reached a major sales milestone less than 24 hours after its launch. Per a post on X, Elden…

May 30, 2025 | 10:21 EDT

Key art for Elden Ring Nightreign, which depicts a warrior against a backdrop of a purple-tinted night scene
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Elden Ring Nightreign Review - Fort, Night?

Elden Ring Nightreign is not Elden Ring. I know Elden Ring is right there in the title, but trust me when I say that if you approach this one like it's just another Shadow of the Erdtree-style…

May 28, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

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Monster Train 2 Review - To Hell and Back

Standing out as a roguelike deckbuilder is hard. New games in the genre seem to constantly be releasing on Steam. For every breakout hit like Balatro, some games just get left behind. If you're going…

May 21, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

The player confronting a sinister-looking god figure in Cult of the Lamb, a Devolver Digital game
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Devolver Digital Revenue Up in 2024 as Cult of the Lamb Tops $90m

Devolver Digital has released its financial information for the 2024-25 fiscal year, and the studio's revenue is up, largely driven by the success of back catalogue games like Cult of the Lamb.…

April 15, 2025 | 11:07 EDT

Key art for Blue Prince, featuring a blue house with a man stading in the center below the logo.
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Blue Prince

Blue Prince is a puzzle roguelite set in the ever changing manor Mt. Holly. The manor resets each day, with the rooms for each run chosen from a random selection by the player. Rooms feature puzzles…

April 13, 2025 | 10:07 EDT

Looking towards a stone tunnel.
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How To Remove The Boxes From The Tunnel In Blue Prince

If you're at this point in Blue Prince you'll have likely managed to unlock all of the outside additions, reach Room 46, gather all of the Red Letters and solve the Sanctum Keys. If any of those…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Blue Prince Sigil Room Wall
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Blue Prince Room 46 Pinboard Guide

If you've revisited Room 46 after completing Blue Prince you'll have found a map of the world with push-pins with numbers on them. This puzzle requires you to flex your knowledge of the geography of…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

A room with 8 doors.
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Blue Prince Sigil Guide

As you get deeper and deeper into the world of Blue Prince you'll be required to learn more about the history and politics of the world. This knowledge will be put to the test after obtaining the…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Blue Prince Sanctum Key
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Every Blue Prince Sanctum Key Location

As you continue to hunt through the mansion of Blue Prince if you haven't been finding Red Letters chances are you've stumbled across a Sanctum Key. These 8 keys are tied to the locked doors in the…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Obtaining a Red Letter.
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Blue Prince Red Envelope Locations

If you've been snooping around safes or putting coins into the Great Alzara machine in Blue Prince you'll have no doubt heard about the seven (eight?) Red Letters hidden around the game. These…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Blue Prince Microchip
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All Blue Prince Microchip Locations

After unlocking Blackbridge Grotto in Blue Prince you'll be introduced to a new kind of collectible item, the Microchip. These three collectibles, the first of which is obtained by simply accessing…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Reading a music sheet.
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Blue Prince Musical Sheet Puzzle Guide

If you've made it to certain rooms in the house in Blue Prince you might have come across sheet music. These numbered pages when put together will spell out a message that will reveal one of the…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

A corkboard featuring a picture of a Stag.
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Blue Prince Painting Message Guide

As you explore each of the rooms of the house in Blue Prince you'll start to notice some similarities with the different sets of painting that will appear. You might see a room with a grandfather…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Walking into the Chapel.
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Blue Prince Tomb Secret Door Guide

One of the outer rooms in Blue Prince is the Tomb, which opens up a new space deep underground where the family of those who used to live in the mansion are laid to rest. As you'd expect, there are a…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

A chess board on a table.
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Blue Prince Chess Room Puzzle Solution

If you have made your way to a certain special room underneath the Mansion, chances are you've come across a chessboard in a cave. In this guide, we'll explain what you need to set up this game of…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Looking at four blue fires.
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Blue Prince Four Blue Flame Guide

In Blue Prince, you aren't just exploring the interior of the mansion but also the exterior. One of the first secrets that you might encounter is turning a valve in one of four locations, starting a…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Looking into Room 8.
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Blue Prince Room 8 Solution Guide

If you've solved the Gallery you'll have been able to obtain for yourself the Room 8 key. This strange key with a handle in the shape of the number 8 is the only way to draft Room #8 for the Blue…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

A doorway
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Blue Prince Gallery Answer Guide

As you continue to take notes and solve every kind of puzzle you can in Blue Prince a room that you'll come across likely later in your adventure is The Gallery. This room contains two doors, and…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Unlocking the Apple Orchard.
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How To Unlock The Apple Orchard In Blue Prince

If you've been exploring around the house's exterior in Blue Prince you'll have likely come across an Apple Orchard. Near Simon's tent. A padlock on the gate will stop you from making your way into…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Permanently unlocking Blackbridge Grotto.
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How To Unlock Blackbridge Grotto In Blue Prince

The Blackbridge Grotto is a cave to the right of the mansion that you'll first notice when you see the sealed metal door. This door can be opened by solving a puzzle in the main Blue Prince house…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

Permanently unlocking the Gemstone Cavern.
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How To Unlock The Gemstone Cavern In Blue Prince

Behind one of the secure doorways outside the mansion in Blue Prince is the Gemstone Cavern that will give you two Gems a day. To unlock it though you'll need to solve a puzzle related to a colored…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

An icon of the west gate, with text saying it is now permanently unlocked.
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How To Unlock The West Gate In Blue Prince

When you start Blue Prince your main focus will be on making your way through the mansion, but if you're exploring outside you might find a number of locked doors and gates. One of these is the West…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

A dartboard.
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Blue Prince Billiards Puzzle Rules

Early on in Blue Prince, you'll find yourself stumbling into the Billiard Room. This is an early room that is easy to consistently get multiple minor keys, a major key, or a key card to help expand…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

The door to Room 46.
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How to Reach Room 46 in Blue Prince

The very first thing you're told when you begin Blue Prince is that in order to receive your inheritance, you need to reach the fabled Room 46. With a house grid of 45 possible rooms, it's not just a…

April 10, 2025 | 10:00 EDT

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Blue Prince Review - I Finished The Game 50 Hours Ago And There's Still Puzzles To Solve

Blue Prince is a roguelite puzzle game where you draft room tiles to try to build out from the Entrance Hall in search of the mysterious Room 46. I'm an avid fan of puzzle games that require you to…

April 7, 2025 | 09:00 EDT

A shot of Narayana Johnson, the composer for Cult of the Lamb
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Cult of the Lamb Composer Narayana Johnson Dies

Cult of the Lamb composer Narayana Johnson, who worked under the pseudonym River Boy, has passed away, leading developer Massive Monster to call for fans to give them "some space and some kindness…

April 4, 2025 | 09:19 EDT

A car being struck by lightning in the Pacific Drive Endless Expeditions update
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Pacific Drive Endless Expeditions Update Brings New Roguelite Mode and More

Developer Ironwood Studios and publisher Kepler Interactive have released a new Pacific Drive update, and this one's ideal if you thought the base game wasn't quite roguelite enough. The Endless…

April 4, 2025 | 08:50 EDT

A player deciding which cards to use in As We Descend
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Post-Apocalyptic Deckbuilder As We Descend Delayed Until May

Roguelike deckbuilder As We Descend has been delayed until May, but a concrete release date for the game has been revealed, so it won't be too much longer until you get to play it. Back in February…

March 27, 2025 | 12:07 EDT

Artwork for the apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder As We Descend, which shows a figure flanked by knights
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Apocalyptic Deckbuilder As We Descend Gets March Early Access Release Date

Developer Box Dragon and publisher Coffee Stain have announced the release date for apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder As We Descend, which is launching into Early Access next month. Per a press…

February 24, 2025 | 01:00 EST

Key art of protagonist Melinoë in Hades 2, developed by Supergiant Games
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Hades 2 Developer Says It Won't Recast Voice Actors or Use AI

Hades 2 developer Supergiant Games has released a statement responding to a voice actor's recent suggestion that they may be recast owing to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. Earlier this week, voice…

February 21, 2025 | 09:45 EST

The player looking at lightning striking a tower in Pacific Drive
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Pacific Drive Sales Pass the One Million Mark

Developer Ironwood Games and publisher Kepler Interactive have announced that their survival drive-'em-up Pacific Drive has managed to hit a brand new sales milestone. Per a press release, the game…

February 19, 2025 | 12:51 EST

A giant flaming train in deckbuilding roguelike Monster Train 2
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Monster Train 2 Brings More Deckbuilding Madness, Demo Available Now

Big Fan Games and developer Shiny Shoe have announced Monster Train 2, a followup to the 2020 roguelike deckbuilder Monster Train, and you can try it out right now if you want to. As revealed by Big…

February 19, 2025 | 10:41 EST

A character crouching against a night sky background in Elden Ring Nightreign
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Elden Ring Nightreign Preview - Night Fever

Elden Ring Nightreign might be cursed with an unrepresentative name. Sure, it plays like Elden Ring, looks like Elden Ring, and even has tons of Elden Ring's enemies and assets, but if there's one…

February 17, 2025 | 03:17 EST

A humanoid rock monster in Hyper Light Breaker
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Hyper Light Breaker Roadmap and First Major Update Revealed

Developer Heart Machine and publisher Arc Games have revealed the first major Early Access roadmap for action-adventure roguelike Hyper Light Breaker, as well as what's coming as part of the game's…

February 14, 2025 | 07:55 EST

Jimbo the Balatro joker saying "Wasn't that exciting? Now you should be an expert in Balatro".
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Indie Smash Hit Balatro Hits 5m Sales

Publisher PlayStack and developer LocalThunk have announced that smash hit indie card roguelike Balatro has passed yet another major sales milestone, further solidifying the game's status as a…

January 21, 2025 | 11:57 EST

An enigmatic, sinister-looking figure in artwork for the Ravenswatch Nightmares Unleashed update
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Ravenswatch Nightmares Unleashed Update Lands Later This Month

Developer Passtech Games and publisher Nacon have announced the release date for the upcoming Ravenswatch Nightmares Unleashed update, and it's landing in just a couple of weeks. The update will…

January 8, 2025 | 09:38 EST

Dwarves exploring the depths in artwork for Dwarf Fortress
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Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode Lands Later This Month, Beta 28 Out Now

Developer Bay 12 Games and publisher Kitfox Games have announced that the Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode will be launching out of beta later this month. In an update on Steam, Bay 12's Tarn Adams and…

January 8, 2025 | 09:12 EST

A car driving down a darkened road in Pacific Drive
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Pacific Drive TV Series Rights Acquired by James Wan's Production Company

James Wan's production company Atomic Monster has acquired the rights to turn indie driving survival game Pacific Drive into a TV show. As reported by Variety, Wan, best known as the creator of the …

December 17, 2024 | 11:21 EST

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Bendy: Lone Wolf Pits You Against the Terrifying Ink Demon Next Year

Developer and publisher Joey Drew Studios has announced a new Bendy game in the form of Bendy: Lone Wolf, but it looks like this one will be taking a slightly different tack with regards to genre.…

December 16, 2024 | 11:34 EST