Aliens: The Roguelike

With a fourth player added, a new completely open-ended Specialist class, new special Xenomorph types, and a totally new campaign, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 may not be reinventing the PvE Alien-game wheel, but it doesn’t need to. It’s adding seemingly everything we’d reasonably want in order to take the already well-executed concept from the first Fireteam Elite to the next level.

Subnautica 2's Alien Ruins pose your first big traversal challenge. This guide explains how to safely reach the Alien Ruins in Subnautica 2

“ARCADE IS DEAD,” developer Housemarque abruptly decreed in all caps on its blog shortly after Matterfall’s release in 2017.This candid manifesto explained how the team saw no future developing the arcadey games it had specialized in for over two decades and was moving onto different genres. Returnal was the result of this shift in focus, taking the aesthetics and chaos inherent to Housemarque’s house style and throwing it all into a roguelike third-person shooter. It was a cult hit that saw critical acclaim, but Saros, Returnal’s spiritual sequel, seems to rebuke that glorious foundation by s

Erosion is a Wild West-themed roguelike that plays with the genre in fascinating way. Read Polygon's Erosion preview for more.

Xbox Game Pass is about to lose Lost In Random: The Eternal Die, one of the best roguelikes in years. Play it before it goes.