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A new Star Trek: Voyager game, 'Across the Unknown,' announced at gamescom 2025, offers a rogue-like, single-player survival strategy experience where players manage the USS Voyager and its crew as they navigate the Delta Quadrant, with no release date yet but available for pre-order on Steam.
In an interview with the Friends Per Second podcast, details about the upcoming FPS game Judas were revealed, including its unique features such as a giant robot dog for fast travel, a dynamic difficulty system that reacts to playstyles, and the presence of 'big three' antagonists. The game is described as not being Bioshock in space, with a focus on procedural design, meta progression, and a rogue-lite genre. Additionally, the spaceship setting features a tone of social media-like interactions and various gameplay elements reminiscent of director Ken Levine's previous work.
Developer Heart Machine has announced that Hyper Light Breaker, a co-op rogue-lite prequel to Hyper Light Drifter, will launch in early access this summer on PC. Set decades prior to Drifter, the game offers 3D rogue-lite open world gameplay with optional co-op, featuring playable characters, custom loadouts, and procedurally generated biomes. The early access period is estimated to last roughly a year, with console versions yet to be announced.
Splatoon 3's Side Order, part of the paid Expansion Pass, offers a Rogue Lite experience set within the world of Splatoon, featuring a fresh take on the franchise with players taking on the role of Agent 8. The mode involves climbing a tower floor by floor, selecting challenges, and upgrading with Color Chips. While fun initially, the mode suffers from limited variety, repetitive boss fights, and a tedious end-game grind, with the absence of voice acting hindering the storytelling experience. Despite its enjoyable gameplay concept, it may become repetitive for players seeking to unlock everything, and improvements in variety are hoped for in future iterations of the game.
Heart Machine has released the first gameplay trailer for Hyper Light Breaker, its 3D rogue-lite follow-up to Hyper Light Drifter. The game will feature a mix of handcrafted and procedurally generated elements in a vast, ever-changing 3D landscape known as the Overgrowth. Players can use acrobatic abilities and third-person combat to take on monsters and bosses in an attempt to overthrow the Abyss King. The game will enter Steam early access in autumn 2021.