rogue-lite

We’ve been playing Halls of Torment pretty solidly since we reviewed it last month and those German devs, Chasing Carrots, certainly did deliver an enjoyment and addictive game but one that’s quite the time sink. We’ve put in countless hours already and so we’re not all that convinced there needs to be […]

Halls of Torment: Boglands DLC – PS5 Review

November 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged auto / auto-battler / boglands / chasing carrots / dlc / halls of torment / rogue-lite / survivors-like by Richie

Halls of Torment is an auto-battling/rogue-lite/survivors-style game from German games devs Chasing Carrots. It originally came out on PC in 2024 and also got a pretty nifty Android port too (which we’ve played the arse off on the Retroid Pocket 5). It’s now out on PS5 though but will it be […]

Halls of Torment – PS5 Review

October 28, 2025 in PS5 tagged auto-battler / halls of torment / rogue-lite / vampire survivors by Richie

9 Lives to Defend is the latest auto-shooting rogue-lite to hit PSN following its release on Steam over a year ago and it comes to us by way of solo developer Goldarait Games (Felipe Cecato). By now you’ll know the formula. You’re put in an arena, of sorts, and tasked with […]

9 Lives to Defend – PS5 Review

September 8, 2025 in PS5 tagged 9 lives to defend / auto-shooter / cats / rogue-lite / survivors by Richie

Achilles: Survivor is a rogue-lite/auto-battler type of game and it comes to us from Polish programmers Dark Point Games. It’s the follow up to Achilles: Legends Untold, a tough little souls-like RPG, and while it sports a very similar look, this takes the series into a Vampire Survivors direction. That means that […]

Achilles: Survivor – PS5 Review

August 3, 2025 in PS5 tagged achilles / rogue-lite / survivor / survivors-like by Richie

Submarine Survivor is, like so many other games on PSN right now, the latest stab at the auto-shooting rogue-like genre popularised by Vampire Survivors and perfected by Brotato. It’s odd that so many of these games exist when you’re going up against two such brilliant games but here are The Bat Flight, or […]

Submarine Survivor – PS5 Review

May 6, 2025 in PS5 tagged auto-shooter / rogue-lite / submarine survivor / vampire survivors by Richie

Vampire Hunters is a rogue-lite first-person shooter from Brazil-based crew Gamecraft Studios which, as the name suggests, shares quite a few similarities to the king of rogue-lite games, Vampire Survivors. Indeed, a lot of elements are present. The huge number of enemies, the outrageous firepower the player gets to possess, the choice […]

Vampire Hunters – PS5 Review

February 3, 2025 in PS5 tagged gamecraft / rogue-lite / survivors / vampire hunter by Richie

Geometry Survivor is an auto-shooter from London-based coders Brain Seal and its name really tells you know what their intentions with this game was. Essentially it’s the latest Vampire Survivors style auto-shooting rogue-lite game to hit PSN and it borrows its aesthetic pretty heavily from Bizarre Creations’ wonderful Geometry Wars series. That is to […]

Geometry Survivor – PS5 Review

February 28, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged auto-shooter / geometry survivor / geometry wars / rogue-lite by Richie

Spells & Secrets is a rogue-lite title from German games devs Alchemist Interactive. Set in a wizard academy called Greifenstein, you have to create and play as a first-year student as they attempt to save the school from evil forces. So, yes, if you’re thinking Hogwarts Legacy, then you’re probably in […]

Spells & Secrets – PS5 Review

November 13, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged alchemist interactive / isometric / magic / rogue-lite / spells & secrets by Richie

Dust & Neon is a twin-stick shooting rogue-lite that comes to us from Swedish software developer David Marquardt Studios, their (or indeed his) debut effort. It’s all of the most popular indie tropes placed in a futuristic-themed Wild West setting and it’s out now on PSN. After a little bit of […]

Dust & Neon – PS5 Review

August 17, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged country / dust & neon / rogue-lite / this one's for my pa / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Ed-O: Zombie Uprising invokes memories of a better time. No, not the Edo-era of Feudal Japan from which the game gets its stylised name but rather the seventh generation of home video game consoles which included the Wii, the PS3 and most notably for us, the Xbox 360. The 360-era […]

Ed-0: Zombie Uprising – PS5 Review

July 24, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ed-0 zombie uprising / hack and slash / japan / loot / rogue-lite / souls-like by Richie

Rogue Legacy 2 is a rogue-lite 2D platform/slasher from Canadian coders Cellar Door. It’s the follow-up to the beloved 2013 original and while it’s been around on Steam since 2020, it’s finally landed on PSN this month as a surprising PS Extra freebie. We’re not sure why it’s taken so long […]

Rogue Legacy 2 – PS5 Review

June 26, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / hack and slash / platformer / rogue legacy 2 / rogue-lite by Richie

Orbital Bullet is a run and gun shooter/platformer that comes to us from German games dev SmokeStab. And while we get plenty of run and gunners to review here at PlayStation Country, this one has a very cool mechanic that elevates it above many of its contemporaries. The gimmick here is […]

Orbital Bullet – PS4 Review

June 19, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged loop / orbital bullet / rogue-lite / run and gun / shooter by Richie