Once Upon a Rogue's Tale

The third game in the Plague Tale series is a prequel set on a Greek island.

“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

I didn’t know what to expect with Splatoon Raiders, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a good time. It can be breezy, it can be challenging, it can be everything in-between. I’m kind of shocked that it’s basically a roguelite, but it works real good.

Deadzone Rogue is an excellent recent FPS roguelike. Its developer has announced a sequel, and it's coming sooner than you think.

Deadzone: Rogue 2 has officially been announced by developer Prophecy Games, with the studio promising a sharper follow-up to the 2025 roguelite first-person shooter. Prophecy Games says that the core gunplay and foundation of the original game have been kept intact, but it's aiming to deliver an experience that's deeper, more flexible, and feels more rewarding to master. A demo for Deadzone: Rogue 2 will also go live in June 2026 on PC, showcasing how the sequel has evolved the concepts of the first game.As for those changes, Prophecy Games added that Deadzone: Rogue 2 will feature an expande