The Blue Reflection series by Gust is a high school slice of life with apocalyptic level situations and magical girls. With the world on the brink of destruction, it'll be up to a select few to tackle those that wish to destroy it, all while managing the emotions of their friends, fellow students, and themselves…
In the early 90s, Coktel Vision (which later became Sierra On-Line) released a quirky point and click adventure game titled Gobliiins which had players bouncing between three different Goblins to find a cure for good King Angoulafre.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Echoes of Mystralia is releasing in Early Access on August 11th, 2026!
This announcement marks a huge milestone for us as we’re ready to share the magical world of Mystralia with everyone.
The demo was just the beginning, and we’re incredibly excited for you to experience everything that’s waiting for you in Early Access. For more information about what’s in store at launch, take a look at our latest Devlog.
While the core experience will be playable at release, we’re taking some time to finalize the last stage of development alongside the community to make Echoes of Mystralia the best it can be for full release.
And for some even more good news, your saves and progression will carry over from the demo to the Early Access version of the game, with one exception:
We've reworked how Echo Fragments are earned and how Altar upgrades are unlocked. In the demo, the Echo Fragments are intentionally very easy to obtain, but they don’t serve much of a purpose. In Early Access, Echo Fragments will become a core progression resource and are earned by completing Watcher Duties and other challenges.
Because of this change, when you transfer your demo save to Early Access, all of your unlocks and progression will be preserved, but your Echo Fragments will be reset to 0.
This ensures everyone experiences the new progression system as intended. Otherwise, players who accumulated large amounts of Echo Fragments in the demo could immediately purchase every Altar upgrade, skipping the challenges designed around earning them and missing an important part of the game's progression.
Thank you to everyone who played the demo, shared feedback, reported bugs, and helped us improve the game. Your support has been invaluable as we move into this next chapter.
Can't wait until launch? Jump into the demo and start your spellcrafting adventure today!
You can ask your questions directly on our Discord or, if you're more of an email person, just write to us at community@borealysgames.com and our team will gladly help you.
Starting July 16, Feudal Baron: King's Land will be available on XBOX Series X|S, a medieval city builder with strategy and simulation elements. The game lets players not only build and grow a city but also run their own politics and fight for influence in the world of barons. The title is also available on PC and is coming to PlayStation 5 on August 6.
Feudal Baron: King's Land is the work of independent Polish studio Sim Farm S.A., known for the Farm Manager series, among others. The game first launched on PC in 2024. Ultimate Games S.A. is responsible for preparing and releasing the console versions.
Build, Grow, Fight!
Feudal Baron: King's Land is a medieval city builder that combines strategy and simulation elements. The title takes players into the world of medieval barons, the vassals, and stewards of landed estates. The adventure begins with a small, poor settlement, and the main task is to grow it into a thriving city.
Feudal Baron: King's Land offers a story campaign, standalone scenarios, and a free-play sandbox mode. In the main story mode, players take on the role of an ambitious baron fighting to reclaim a lost legacy.
Gameplay covers a range of elements tied to developing a medieval city. Players raise new buildings, oversee production and the supply of key resources, and fight off invaders when needed. The developers have prepared an innovative building range system that allows fields, workshops, marketplaces, and mines to be linked into a single logistics chain.
The title lets players run their own politics, set taxes, and issue decrees. Some situations call for combat as well. In battle mode, players personally command their troops and can, for example, defend a besieged city.
Success in Feudal Baron: King's Land also requires attending to the population's needs, including food, schools, taverns, and churches. Unexpected plagues and disasters must be dealt with, too.
Feudal Baron: King's Land - Key Features
Build and grow your settlement
Manage your city's economy
Issue decrees and run your politics
Fight for influence and territory
Meet the needs of your citizens
Feudal Baron: King's Land launches on XBOX Series X|S on July 16, 2026, and arrives on PlayStation 5 on August 8, 2026. The standard console price is 14.99 USD/EUR or the equivalent in other currencies.
10 July 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares has opened pre-orders for The Sinking City 2, its upcoming Lovecraftian survival horror game, which is launching on August 18, 2026, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
A new trailer featuring brand-new gameplay has been released alongside a look at much of the bonus in-game content available to players who pre-order the game.
PRICE REVEAL | UNDER THE GENRE'S GOING RATE
Frogwares has also announced the game's pricing, with the Standard Edition set at USD $49.99 / EUR €49.99 / GBP £41.35.
Seeing pre-orders go live is quite a surreal milestone for us. It means the game is basically at the finish line, and that's not something we were always sure would happen. The Sinking City 2 is the most ambitious game we've ever made, built under circumstances most studios never have to plan for by a team working remotely across Ukraine and beyond. Even now, with around two months till launch to go, we made the call to move the entire project over to Unreal Engine 5.8 because we believed the performance gains were worth the effort for our players.
Our pricing follows the same philosophy. While most survival horror games today launch at $60 or more, we're launching at $49.99 because we want to be fair and give as many people as possible the chance to step into Arkham with us. - Sergiy Oganesyan, Publishing Director, Frogwares.
PC SPECS REVEALED
Frogwares has also released its current minimum and recommended PC specs for the game.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Targeting 1440p \ 60fps on Balanced preset. Using TSR and comparable technologies should further improve performance.
PRE-ORDER EDITIONS AND CONTENT
With pre-orders now live on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, players can choose from three editions, each offering bonus content in addition to the base game.
Standard Edition - Base game, Chthonic Arsenal pack - $49.99
Deluxe Edition - Base game, Chthonic Arsenal pack, and The Arkham Field Kit - $54.99
Premium Edition - Base game, Chthonic Arsenal pack, The Arkham Field Kit, Holloway Manor, and 24-hour advanced access - $59.99
The Chthonic Arsenal
Mythical weapons to give you options when the abyss fights back. Face Arkham in style. Wield the Chthonic Arsenal: the “Shale Mary” handgun, the “Breakwater” shotgun, and the “Tektite Tommy” SMG, each with its own look and features.
The Arkham Field Kit
Face Arkham prepared. The Arkham Field Kit adds three outfits for the main character: “The Anatomist,” “The Witness,” and “Heretic Heraldry.” It also includes three Dream Essence to learn your first Talent early and a Resource Pack with a helpful mix of ammo, healing, and crafting items to aid your first steps in the city.
The Holloway Manor
On the cliffs outside the city of Arkham, the Holloway Manor keeps its lights low. The house belongs to an old family whose history curdled into occult practice–the kind that Lovecraft would trace through buried lineages and rites that never quite ended. Rooms interlock like a puzzle box, dusty heirlooms open doors, and the house rewards your curiosity with paths you were not meant to find. See the job through, and the “Bucking Bronco” revolver you claim stays with you in the main game.
The Sinking City 2 is set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, in the infamous city of Arkham. A supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents, leaving decay and eldritch horrors that roam the streets. Step into the role of Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences. After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, Faye, is left trapped in a mysterious sleep. Now Calvin must navigate the drowned streets of a derelict city in a desperate attempt to bring her back. On his quest, he’ll come face-to-face with a plague of otherworldly creatures, the Slither, who possess and twist the dead into lethal, walking puppets.
Game Features
Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired weapons to fight against Eldritch abominations.
Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of rotting apartments, flooded markets, and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat.
Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.
Choose to Investigate Further: Explore your surroundings more deeply and solve optional cases and puzzles to uncover secrets, upgrades, and lore.
A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a captivating and morally gray story of personal loss, woven through the Lovecraftian mythos of occultism and incomprehensible creatures
ABOUT FROGWARES
Founded in 2000, Frogwares is an independent game development studio based in Ukraine and Ireland. We are behind the Sherlock Holmes series and a Lovecraftian detective-horror game series, The Sinking City. Thanks to the work of our talented team of artists and programmers, our games are available for all major platforms, including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
U.S.A. July 2026 | The wait is over! The Planar March, the largest content update ever released for Erenshor, is now live on Steam!
Designed to recreate the thrill of classic MMORPG raiding without requiring other players, the Planar March dramatically expands Erenshor’s endgame with four sprawling raid zones, more than 20 unique boss encounters, new progression systems, and over 120 pieces of new gear to collect.
To celebrate today’s release, Burgee Media has also released a brand new launch trailer showcasing the scale of the update, including massive raid encounters, new environments, powerful enemies, and coordinated battles alongside Erenshor’s signature SimPlayers.
Unlike traditional MMOs, Erenshor lets players experience epic raids entirely on their own schedule. Using the game’s handcrafted AI-powered SimPlayers, adventurers can build their ideal raid group, tackle complex boss mechanics, and earn increasingly powerful loot, all without waiting for a guild to log in.
The Planar March Features:
Four brand new raid zones
21 unique raid bosses with mechanics inspired by classic MMORPG bosses
Over 120 new equippable items, plus new spells and skills
A new Raid UI for organizing and commanding SimPlayers
Raid progression with tiered difficulty and increasingly powerful rewards
Cosmetic equipment slots (transmog)
Improved loot systems, quality of life upgrades, balance improvements, and numerous gameplay enhancements
Roughly 30-40 hours of new content for average players, with considerably more for completionists
Since launching into Early Access, Erenshor has earned praise for its unique take on the MMORPG genre, delivering the feeling of exploring a living online world while remaining a completely singleplayer experience. SimPlayers level alongside the player, form parties, join guilds, acquire gear, and continue their own adventures throughout the world, creating the illusion of an active MMO without requiring an internet connection or other human players.
The Planar March represents Erenshor’s biggest milestone to date and brings players one step closer to the game’s full 1.0 release.
Viking Frontiers, an open-world survival game with RPG, simulation, and strategy elements, arrives on consoles soon. Players take charge of a newly founded Viking settlement and must ensure the survival and growth of their clan. Viking Frontiers launches on PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S on July 9. The game is also available on PC.
Viking Frontiers is the work of independent Polish studio BLUM Entertainment, known for Crown of Greed and Builders of Greece. The game first launched on PC in 2025. Wildlands Interactive S.A. is responsible for preparing and releasing the console versions.
Survive in the world of the vikings
Viking Frontiers is a first-person game that combines survival, simulation, RPG, and strategy elements. The title is set in an open world with a day and night cycle. Players take charge of a newly founded Viking settlement and must look after the fate of their clan. The goal is to survive and grow the settlement.
Viking Frontiers features a deep survival system with gathering, crafting, hunting, building, and exploration. Managing the clan is equally important, including its need for food and shelter, along with the activities, roles, and tasks of its settlers.
The path is up to the player and where they choose to focus. The game lets players follow the way of the hunter, farmer, builder, or priest, among others. Viking Frontiers also offers plenty of side quests and random events that add variety to the gameplay.
Key Features:
Build a settlement and survive
Explore the open world
Gather, hunt, and build
Manage your Viking clan
Choose your own path
Viking Frontiers launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on July 9, 2026.
LOS ANGELES | Talaka is a fast-paced, combat-driven roguelite that brings Afro-Brazilian mythology to life in a vivid, hand-painted world unlike anything you’ve seen.
You play as a young warrior who once believed in the old legends—the stories of Orisha gods, mystical creatures, and ancient realms. But as time passed, the myths faded. Forgotten by the world, the legends have begun to unravel—twisting into chaos, breaking the harmony between worlds.
Now, you must journey across dreamlike landscapes, reconnect with divine forces, and uncover why the myths have gone rogue. With the Orisha by your side, you’ll fight to restore balance before the stories vanish forever.
Featuring lightning-fast action, dynamic roguelite runs, and a stunning watercolor-inspired art style, Talaka turns your controller into a paintbrush and every battle into a living canvas.
Will you rewrite the myth—or let it fade into oblivion?
Key Features
🛡️Dynamic Roguelite Combat
Every run offers new challenges and god-blessed weapons across 150+ weapon and skill combinations. Dodge, parry, and restore your way through corrupted spirits and twisted beasts in fluid, fast-paced combat — culminating in epic miniboss and Boss encounters that will push everything you’ve learned to the limit. No two runs ever the same.
🎨 A living Canvas of Culture
Every biome in Talaka is a living painting — from the arid Sertão and the vast Pantanal wetlands to the streets of São Paulo and the dreamlike depths of the Dark Orun. Enemies don’t bleed — they burst into ink. By the end of each battle, the screen is your own canvas.
🔁Face the Forgotten
The legends that once guarded these lands are being erased from memory — and as they fade, they’ve lost themselves to a mysterious corruption. Hunt them down, master their patterns, and fight to restore what the world is forgetting.
🧭Every Foe Tells a Story
Every creature you face in Talaka is rooted in real Brazilian folklore, fauna, and flora. The Mapinguari, the Velho do Saco, the Labatut, the Bathroom Blonde — legends that have haunted Brazilian imagination for centuries, now hunting you in every run. Uncover their origins in Talaka’s in-game bestiary, where every enemy has a story worth reading.
Gods Reward The Worth
Experience drums, chants, and melodies crafted in collaboration with Afro-Brazilian musicians, evoking the divine rhythm of a world on the edge of rebirth.
Orishas Guide the Way
Each run makes you stronger. Between runs, spend your earned Ashe to unlock permanent upgrades — boosting your health, dodge, healing, and more. Seek the guidance of Iemanjá, Ogum, Oba, and Eshu, each offering their own blessings to shape your journey.
Play Your Way
Talaka analyses your gameplay and suggests the ideal difficulty for your skill level — and if you want full control, accessibility options are always available: infinite health, one-hit kills, and more.
Roguelike Twists
Uncover Secrets: Every room hides secrets waiting to be found. Explore beyond the obvious and uncover hidden areas that reward curiosity with rare items and untold stories.
Kill Streak: Defeating enemies increases your damage output — but healing resets your streak. Push your limits or play it safe: the choice is yours every fight.
Brush of Kumbu: Some enemies appear shrouded in the mysterious corruption — absorbing almost all damage dealt to them. A single stroke of the Kumbu brush shatters the shield, exposing them fully. Upgrade and master the brush alongside your weapons to craft the ultimate build.
About Potato Kid:
Potato Kid is an independent Brazilian studio formed by three games industry veterans with over 30 combined years of experience. Guided by the principles of being small and efficient, playing smart with technology and market instinct and staying true to what the team believes is meaningful to make, the studio operates on a lean, efficient model, creating unique, creative and highly polished games shaped by direct player feedback and built to resonate with gamers. Its first title, Talaka, is an Action Roguelike set in Brazilian mythology, published by Acclaim, targeting a Q1 2027 release.
About Acclaim:
Originally founded in 1987, Acclaim established itself as a leading global developer, publisher, and mass marketer, bringing beloved franchises such as Mortal Kombat, Turok, and NBA Jam into homes worldwide. Today, Acclaim carries its legacy forward with an unwavering commitment to supporting talented indie developers and delivering high-quality, premium indie games to a global audience. Acclaim’s modern revival stands as a testament to the strength and enduring appeal of its iconic brand.
What a
meow-gnificent evening it is to send your paw-rcels out to those family and
friends! Are mew looking to pick up an item or send something out? Well at Cat
Mail Co. we can send and receive all your deliveries!
In Cat Mail
Co. you take on the role of the newest postal employee at the post office on
Cat Island. Unfortunately, the old post office senior doesn’t seem to be
around, so you need to get used to the post office on your own!
Work at the
post office is done in shifts between morning and night, with two divisions in your
shifts. At the beginning of a shift you will be dealing with customers showing
up. Either they will ask for a parcel or give you items to send. If they ask
for a parcel they will either give a name or a description of a parcel and you
need to locate it and bring it to them. For example, they may ask for a parcel
for Evie Nightclaw, and you then need to find a parcel addressed to Evie N.
sent to Cat Island. Or they may be obtuse about what they need and say
something along the lines of “a parcel that isn’t lightweight that was attacked
by a griffon”, and then you need to go find a heavy box with scratch marks on
the package. Nifty tip, if the person coming for a package doesn’t specify
something, it means it doesn’t apply. For example, packages can be heavy or
fragile. If the customer doesn’t specify one of the two, the package is
neither, at least as far as I’ve seen in the current build state.
If the customer
offers you a parcel, it is now your job to properly put the necessary stickers
on the package to get it ready for sending out. Parcels need a destination
sticker, a number of stickers for the weight, and any extra conditions, such as
fragile or heavy. As you continue to play you will unlock more conditions, such
as packages that need to stay hot or cold. Once you’ve dealt with a certain
number of customers, the phase of the shift changes and the boat captain comes
rolling in. He brings you gifts of parcels for Cat Island, and you need to grab
them from the ship and sort them how you wish. Once all the parcels are off the
ship, the boat captain will tell you where his destination is. You must now
play tetris with outgoing packages to send them to their intended recipient. As
an example, Windy Bay is the first place to ship to, but the space on the ship
is small. You may only be able to fit four or five packages on the ship,
depending on their size. You also need to pay attention to the heavy and
fragile packages. Once you’re happy with your work, you can send him off.
At this
point your shift ends and you are awarded with points based on your statistics
such as: packages delivered by hand, packages sent by ship, and any negative
points from packages ruined by improper storing, or by putting the wrong
package on the ship. If you do send a mis-stickered package it will be returned
to you next time the boat captain comes by. Once you earn enough points you
unlock something new. Sometimes it’s a new location, sometimes it’s a new
condition on packages such as the hot or cold rooms.
In addition
to all this there are massive piles of packages in the back hallway, and in the
hot and cold rooms. If you pull enough packages out of these piles they will
shrink. Do your best to completely clean up the piles, and maybe you can figure
out the mystery of where the previous postman has gone!
Cat Mail
Co. is a cozy game about sorting your office, cleaning up the mess, and getting
a job well done by cleaning out your backlog of parcels. It’s actually quite
soothing. There’s something quite satisfying about sending thirty or more
packages out on the ship and completely clearing out a full shelf of packages
for a destination. I can definitely say there were some times where I was
getting worried because my freezer was filling up too fast, or my dedicated
destination shelf was overflowing and I had to make an emergency overflow
shelf, but a good system goes a long way.
There are a few issues here and there, but they are getting gradually patched out as the game continues. Currently the only issue I have in the current version is that occasionally packages put on the top of shelves in the cold and hot rooms may sometimes get damaged regardless of the fact they're in the corresponding room. It doesn't seem to happen to all packages, or even just the general top shelf sometimes, so try and keep things on the shelves proper or the floor until that gets sorted.
Oh, and did
I mention you can play with friends? Yup, you and up to three friends can
tackle the job together! Work together to create a perfectly organized system
for managing your inventory. Or totally mess things up when your friends aren’t
looking and drive them nuts. Either way, Cat Mail Co. is a great time to be had
fur all your mail-time needs!
Zaragoza, Spain – July 2, 2026 | Independent developer SIDRALGAMES alongside publishers Selecta Play and Entalto Publishing are thrilled to announce that HYPERWIRED, the innovative 2D action roguelike, is out today on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Series S/X at a price of 7.99 USD with a 10% off during the first week (except on PlayStation). There is also a free demo on Steam for players who want to try out electrifying experience of HYPERWIRED.
HYPERWIRED redefines the classic top-down shooter with its unique "tethered" core mechanic. In a galaxy plunged into darkness, players pilot specialized ships that must physically plug into power sockets to recharge weapons and systems. While connected, you gain immense firepower but are restricted by the length of your cable, creating a high-stakes tactical balance between staying powered up and dodging relentless enemy swarms.
KEY FEATURES
Tactical "Tethered" Combat: Master the balance between immense power and limited mobility
Deep Roguelike Loop: Navigate procedurally generated sectors and master a rechargeable slow-mo system.
Extensive Customization: Pick up BATTERIES and discover +250 combinations of bullet modifiers and 40+ upgrades to customize your build.
Fleet Variety: Choose from 10+ distinct ships and rescue stranded pilots to build a supporting army.
Massive Boss Battles: Engage in intense combat against several massive bosses guarding the end of each galaxy.
Retro Aesthetics: Built in GameMaker, blending innovative mechanics with striking pixel art.
FEEL THE TENSION, MOVE AND SHOOT STRATEGICALLY!
Blast your mega-laser!
Form an army of rescued stranded ships that will fight alongside you!
Destroy the stages and defeat a large variety of enemies!
Encounter dangerous and challenging BOSSES after each galaxy in your quest.
Holding the breach, dodging enemy bullets, and piloting through narrow hallways shouldn't be a problem, BUT just in case...
Your ship is equipped with a futuristic Slow-Mo System that you can use almost whenever you want!
Get CHIPS of temporary upgrades by destroying enemies!
Optimize charge times, improve your firepower, get more cable length...
SelectaPlay is SelectaVisión’s video games publishing branch. The company works with talented studios on unique video games and helps them publish their titles in both physical and digital formats worldwide.
About Entalto Publishing
Entalto Publishing is the publishing arm of Entalto, a passionate and forward-thinking video game developer and publisher based in northern Spain. Founded in 2021 by industry veterans with over a decade of experience, Entalto is more than just a publisher; it is a dedicated partner to developers worldwide, championing fair deals that prioritize creators. Believing that developers deserve the largest share of their success, Entalto is committed to ensuring they receive it.
About SIDRALGAMES
Based in Zaragoza, SIDRALGAMES is a studio known for blending innovative mechanics with striking retro aesthetics, evolving from game-jam roots into multi-platform development.
July 1st, 2026, Cartagena, Spain | The Spanish independent studio Palitroque is happy to announce that their satirical dystopian time management life-sim Dystopicon will release on Steam this July 27 at a price of 7.99 USD with a 15% off during the first 2 weeks. The game is set in a retro futuristic world where robots replaced humans at work. You are a Class-2 citizen who gets a new home from the government and assigned to do a simple job: watch TV to earn your salary, and with it, buy the services you find convenient to survive and stay entertained. Would you choose to be a loyal citizen or a rebel against the system as you progress in different scenarios uncovering more about how the world works? Keep in mind that your actions will have consequences, and they will lead you to 14 possible endings.
FEATURES
6 Different Scenarios:
Start the story mode as a Second-Class Citizen, living in a room provided by the government. Progress until you become a Party Citizen or end up in the re-education camp, across 5 different scenarios and an additional secret one.
Each scenario reveals new information about this dystopian world and forces the player to rethink their strategy by introducing new mechanics and situations.
Will you be able to discover what lies beyond the four walls of your home?
Challenge Mode:
Your objective is to save enough money to leave that room. Do you dare to try?
No daily news, no distractions—just you against yourself.
14 Possible Endings:
You may survive however you choose:
Remain an obedient citizen or rebel, but keep in mind that your actions will have consequences.
Become a state bureaucrat or get involved in a terrorist attack. Follow the instructions to the letter or hack the system to deceive it.
Anything can happen—who knows? You might even win the lottery… [insert canned Laughter]
About the Developer:
The motivations and story behind Dystopicon
The project started in 2018 in a very modest way by Juan Felipe Molina, with a prototype on Itch.io and third party assets from the Unity Asset Store. Over the course of about 12 months, he expanded the story and gameplay loop, testing what worked and what didn’t. That first version achieved the mark of 12.000 downloads.
For many years he received very positive feedback about the game, and it seemed that people enjoyed it, but he didn’t have the time to dedicate to it professionally. In November 2025, Juan Felipe left his job and decided to professionally release Dystopicon on Steam.
“I have always loved dystopian stories and I am a huge fan of the great classics, especially the works of Philip K. Dick. In his novel Ubik, the protagonist has to insert a coin into different household devices in order to use them, and I really liked that idea.
I needed another mechanic to justify why the player would earn money, and I started thinking about TV and social media, and how they keep people glued to screens. What could be the next step? Getting paid for doing exactly that!
Once I had those two elements (being paid to watch TV and using that money to buy services), I started building the rest of the game.
I eventually finished the prototype with a 28-day gameplay loop where the player had to survive by watching TV and reading daily reports sent by the government.
Then the pandemic arrived, and people found themselves locked at home, watching screens, and in many cases receiving government support to help them deal with the situation.” - Juan Felipe Molina (Game Director and Lead Developer)
The mechanics had already been thoroughly tested, the story worked, but the 3D models lacked personality. That’s why Juan Felipe hired Xenia Almela, a 3D artist who gave the game the visual identity and personality it has today. In addition, Mario Alba, a 2D artist who had created a series of comics for the original game, agreed to create many more for the final version.
Thanks to all of that, Dystopicon was born and will be released as a commercial product.
June 25, 2026 | Independent developer Death Kumiai and publisher Flashlight Games are glad to announce that Annihilated, their dark and cute roguelite deckbuilder RPG, will launch on July 22, 2026 on Steam at a price of 16.99 USD | 17.25 EUR and a launch discount of 10% during the first 2 weeks. Players will dive into a twisted world where adorable fuses with dark horror art that presents a narrative-driven dungeon crawler RPG with 4 distinct character routes. Find your favorite "broken" party member to save…and leave the others behind.
"Two major pillars shape Annihilated: the imaginative negative space offered by retro vintage games, and the complex, conflicted character writing found in text adventure games, light novels, and JRPGs circa 2010, also influences from older and recent classics as Fire Emblem, Super Mario RPG, Undertale or The Legend of Zelda. Our goal is to craft a whimsical cartoon-style game grounded in authentic human nature and weighty thematic depth." - Sabotenshi (Lead Artist & Lead Writer)
The Backstory
The legendary Hero's party vanished in the depths of a dungeon. You are the sole survivor of the rescue party sent in after them, pressing ever deeper into the cursed dungeon to find what remains of them. You have no fighting power of your own; to survive, you borrow the remaining strength of the broken heroes — each helping in their own way. And you can only bring one of them out alive.
The Dungeon
The dungeon itself is the enemy. Its monsters, traps, and curse turn on everyone who enters — the same forces that broke the Hero's party now come for you. What really happened to them, and why, is what each route reveals.You will find lurking monsters, dwindling gear, instant-death traps the moment you drop your guard — and the very curse that shattered the heroes still lingers in its halls.
Main Features
Choose among 4 different main routes, each one of them full of decisions that will impact your path and how things end.
Visual novel narrative-driven style with a deep 200.000 words script full of lovable and broken characters.
Roguelite dungeon crawling with high lethality, uniforgiving random events, and instant retries.
Turn-based timing-focused card battles where players will need to be strategic but also have good reflexes to defeat enemies.
Weapon Breakage System: Weapons have a durability limit but can be voluntarily destroyed for temporary combat buffs.
Curse points are earned from defeats and weapon breaks, and used to buy items, boost stats, or survive lethal roulettes.
About Death Kumiai
Death Kumiai is a small game studio that makes games about death.
About Flashlight Games
Flashlight Games is a publisher that rethinks how games reach the people who play them. We want to be the dependable gear that lights up dark unease for game creators.
