October 27, 2025: We've changed the headline of this story to better reflect developer MotionTwin's quote. "We are still very, very proud of the project," artist and level designer Gwen Massé says of ...

When your beloved indie hits the mainstream in a big way, every player wants a say in what you do next. That was certainly the case for Motion Twin, the developer behind Dead Cells, which has been a ...

This is turning into a bang-up year for new roguelikes from developers behind some of the genre's modern pillars. Slay the Spire 2 was announced, Hades 2 is out and already a delight even before its ...

This article is part of Run, Die, Repeat, Polygon's week-long series exploring roguelikes. Sometimes it takes a whole lot of words to explain a video game adequately. Other times, it just takes seven: ...