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Vampire Survivors

“I felt like playing 30 hours of story mode was actually the tutorial”: Too many RPGs and JRPGs end after their combat really gets good, Vampire Survivors creator says, which is where the roguelike formula is so great

You don’t leave an interview with Luca Galante, Mr. Vampire Survivors himself, without talking about roguelikes. ...

Vampire Survivors

I see a lot of publishers I don’t like”: Vampire Survivors creator made his own publisher to “share the luck” and says too many companies “try to exploit the platforms just to make money

Vampire Survivors studio Poncle was originally just one designer, Luca Galante, throwing everything he had at ...

Drop Duchy

The perfect video game still hasn’t reached its final form, and Drop Duchy shows that “Tetris as a Civilization roguelike” is one heck of a twist

If there’s any universal truth in the world of video gaming, it’s this: Tetris is the ...

Screenshot from CloverPit, showing a first-person view of a slot machine with a shining 'Jackpot' announcement lit up.

“The demonic lovechild of Balatro and Buckshot Roulette” is a roguelite horror game where you out-gamble the devil and it got over 100k Steam wishlists in a week

Gambling-themed roguelikes with a slightly spooky edge are all the rage nowadays after Balatro‘s poker-inspired take ...

Ben starr dressed as jimbo the joker on the bafta podium accepting an award for balatro

Balatro solo dev Localthunk “is really rich now,” says Final Fantasy 16 star while dressed as a clown: “He has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way”

Poker roguelite Balatro swept the BAFTA games awards last night, and Final Fantasy 16‘s very own ...

Ben Starr presenting at the BAFTA Game Awards in clown attire

“LocalThunk is really rich now”: 2 weeks after winning yet another GOTY award, Balatro sends Final Fantasy 16 star to accept award in “suspiciously arousing” Jimbo attire

“This is weird, isn’t it?” asks Final Fantasy 16 actor Ben Starr, wearing full clown attire ...

Balatro Joker card

Wildly successful Balatro publisher says more indie devs need funding “that isn’t based on making a ridiculous amount of money back”

Balatro publisher Playstack is undoubtedly thrilled with the success of the poker roguelike phenomenon, which recently ...

Hades 2

Hades 2 is coming to Switch 2 before any other console, and devs say “we know we can push some of the graphical features”

Hades 2 is getting its first console launch on the Nintendo Switch 2, and the developers ...

Taking a closer look at a photo in Blue Prince in a dark room, and using a magnifying glass to read some handwriting on it

This puzzle roguelike has become the best game of the year so far, beating Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

2025 has already been a stacked year for great games, but Blue Prince has blown them ...

The key art for the Blue Prince showing a doorway on a blue wall, which is open to reveal several more rooms within its frame, a person deep within opening another door several layers deep to a bright white light

Blue Prince review: “This exploration roguelike is like nothing else I’ve played, and became a puzzle obsession I just couldn’t shake”

Why you can trust GamesRadar+ Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so ...

Balatro screenshot showing an assortment of card packs

First PEGI, now YouTube – Balatro’s LocalThunk seems tired of his roguelike game being age restricted for gambling-related concerns

Balatro might be poker-themed – as in, you score points by putting together poker hands – ...

Balatro Joker card

Balatro creator can finally enjoy his own roguelike after beating every deck on every difficulty: “All this time playing has killed any negative emotions I had toward it”

Poker-themed roguelike hit Balatro conquered everyone’s lunch breaks, train commutes and toilet trips for a reason. ...

Balatro Joker plush

Balatro creator LocalThunk stays so anonymous, a GDC attendee couldn’t believe how he “crushed” the roguelike’s base difficulty: “‘Wow you must have played this before!'”

There are, of course, many benefits to maintaining anonymity in our increasingly exposed, digitized world. Remaining ...

screenshot from Rogue Light Deck Builder showing a claymation figure sitting behind a desk.

With 97% positive reviews on Steam, Rogue Light Deck Builder is a hilarious $3 parody game that takes its name very literally

There are a million roguelike deckbuilders out there. Games where you collect and edit decks of ...

After winning big at The Game Awards and taking hours of our time in 2024, Balatro creator reveals their "most productive night" resulted in one of the game's most satisfying features

Baldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke says indie poker roguelike Balatro was his 2024 GOTY, beating out Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Astro Bot, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Roguelike deckbuilder Balatro has collected a startling amount of accolades since it took the world by ...

Balatro screenshot showing an assortment of joker cards

Even Balatro’s publisher doesn’t known when LocalThunk will be done with 1.1: “Maybe I should whisper in his ear, like, ‘So how’s those 200 new jokers coming?'”

Balatro 1.1 is on the way, and at the Game Developers Conference this week Wout van ...