roguelite

Alina of the Arena is a deck-building, roguelike strategy game from Taiwanese indie studio, PINIX. It’s been out for a while on Steam and the Switch but has now found its way over to PSN and it should be of interest to fans of games such as Slay the Spire and Into […]

Alina of the Arena – PS4 Review

November 23, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alina of the arena / pinix / roguelite / strategy / turn-based by Richie

Zombies never seem to vanish from media, do they? Seems like any game that needs a quick and easy reason for survival goes with the undead threat. Sure enough, Days of Doom settles on a zombie apocalypse setting for a roguelite tactical RPG. From Sneakybox, the premise delivers some charming […]

Days of Doom – PS5 Review

October 9, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ambushes / days of doom / decisions / raiders / roguelite / run-based / sneakybox / tactical turn-based rpg / zombie apocalypse by Mike

It’s not a genre I get into often but tactical, turn-based RPGs can certainly engage me. With some obvious homages to Heroes of Might and Magic, Crazy Goat Games has decided to take a stab at the genre with The Dragoness: Command of the Flame. Whilst the influences heavily dictate […]

The Dragoness: Command of the Flame – PS5 Review

August 13, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged city-building / crazy goat games / dragons / heroes of might and magic / resource collecting / roguelite / the dragoness command of the flame / turn-based tactical rpg by Mike

Metal Tales: Overkill is a heavy metal themed twin-stick shooter with roguelite elements and it comes to us from Madrid-based coders/publishers Zerouno Games. As the name suggests, this game puts the music front and centre, placing you (and some offline co-op buddies) as a guitarist looking to reclaim the world […]

Metal Tales: Overkill – PS4 Review

May 9, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged guitar / Metal / music / roguelite / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a 2D roguelike hack and slash platformer from Canadian coders LABS Works which is run by Matt Kap, the developer of Castle in the Darkness. Set in a dying, post-apocalyptic world the game comes with its fair share of lore. Three explorers are wandering […]

Astalon: Tears of the Earth – PS4 Review

June 4, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / astalon / metroidvania / retro / rogue legacy / roguelite / tears of the earth / the lost vikings by Richie

Although it’s not a deck builder, my experience with Slay the Spire and the recently reviewed Neoverse has helped me no end with Star Renegades which is new to the PS4. The combat has a lot in common with that style of game and it’s another Rogue-lite. It brings plenty […]

Star Renegades – PS4 Review

March 23, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / long / roguelite / rpg / slay the spire / star renegades / tactical / timeline / turn-based by Gareth

I haven’t played Enter the Gungeon, Richie reviewed it for us. I’ve not played much anyway, I did play a tiny amount just to get a feel before this review but apart from the obvious change in perspective I can’t comment on differences. I have played quite a bit of […]

Exit the Gungeon – PS4 Review

December 7, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / enter / exit / roguelite / shooter / the gungeon / unlocks by Gareth

Othercide crept up on me. The code came into the PlayStation Country inbox and I took a quick look at some info and it seemed the perfect fit. I’ve come around to the rogue-like/lite style of progression, it’s a tactical game which I often adore and the graphical style was […]

Othercide – PS4 Review

July 31, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged grandia / monocrhome / othercide / Red / roguelike / roguelite / stratagy / tactical / xcom by Gareth

Roguelites are a tough genre for me to get into. The random nature of them can sometimes make me struggle to find a foothold whilst the permanence they do offer sometimes tends to fall short. Sparklite, from Red Blue Games offers a cutesy, retro aesthetic with a more accessible blend […]

Sparklite – PS4 Review

November 17, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged dungeons / hack and slash / puzzles / red blue games / roguelite / sparklite / zelda by Mike

From solo developer Matt Dombrowski by way of publisher tinyBuild comes retro-tinged roguelite Streets of Rogue. It wears its influences in open view by its title alone. It apes Sega’s classic Streets of Rage in terms of silly plot and setting, and it has more obviously, Rogue-like persistent settings. Oddly, less […]

Streets of Rogue – PS4 Review

July 30, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged procedural / retro look / roguelite by Ian

We take a look at AngerForce: Reloaded. A vertically-scrolling, bullet hell, roguelite shoot ’em up. Check out our YouTube channel and subscribe if you’re feeling awesome.

AngerForce: Reloaded – Video Review

May 11, 2019 in Videos tagged angerforce / bullet-hell / roguelite / shoot em up / video by Richie

Angerforce: Reloaded is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up in the classic 1942/Dodonpachi style that comes to us as the debut from Beijing based coders Screambox Studio and it is out now on PSN. When creating games in this genre the recipe for success is no secret and yet often indie […]

AngerForce: Reloaded – PS4 Review

May 5, 2019 in PS4 tagged angerforce / bullet-hell / roguelite / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie