From Press Release:
Norway (September 10, 2026) Independent developer Badger Punch Games is proud to finally unleash their gorgeous retro roguelike Roguecraft DX onto Steam. Handcrafted to honour the pixel-perfect Amiga adventures of yore, Roguecraft DX’s scalable difficulty ensures that all are welcomed into Mordecoom’s dark embrace, regardless of skill level.
Brawn, brains, and backstabs are yours to choose from, with the Warrior, Wizard, and Rogue class each offering a different gameplay experience and level of challenge. Pulverise your enemies into putty, atomise them with a thought, or teleport behind them to deliver a swift knife to the ribs, all to an original Amiga mod tracker soundtrack.
Each time your run ends, either by way of victory or the smothering grasp of slimy tentacles, the dungeon shifts. Every run has new layouts to navigate, treasures to discover, and scars to be earned that tell tales of glorious battle against formidable foes. These foes might sometimes just be quite angry chickens, but the people you regale with your stories don’t have to know that.
Once you’ve mastered the treacherous catacombs, a new challenge awaits. Know thy enemy, and be reborn; become the most pernicious of poultry, the eldritch egg-layer, the fearsome… Chicklathotep. In Chicken Run mode, cast off your raiment and enter the dungeon as a lowly 2HP chicken. Find a golden egg, however, and you’ll ascend from finger-licking fledgling to a horrifying, hulking hen. Unleash the poultry powers granted to you from the beyond and ascend the pecking order through a host of squelching Lovecraftian horrors.
Don’t be fooled by Roguecraft DX’s delightfully nostalgic aesthetic. Though it may conjure images of bulging CRTs and blowing on cartridges to get them to work, the entire experience is designed around respecting modern players’ time. With each adventure lasting 30-40 minutes, both new players who want a sample of Mordecoom’s delights and hardcore roguelike masochists who want to chain runs are well catered for.
Key Features of Roguecraft DX:
- Three classic classes, each offering a totally different gameplay experience and level of challenge.
- Every run is different, filled with new nooks and crannies to explore, potions to gulp, and unspeakable creatures to duel.
- In Chicken Run mode, collect golden eggs that transform you from a pathetic 2HP chicken to a monstrous Chicklathohep.
- See how long you can survive in the Endless Dungeon mode and rack up a new high score.
Roguecraft DX is out now on PC via Steam for the price of $11.99 USD / €12,25 EUR / £10.75 GBP, with a launch discount of 20%.
The game is also featured in a bundle with grid-based rhythm roguelike KAZ from developer Kalinarm and publisher HAKURO.
For more on Roguecraft DX, follow Badger Punch Games on X (Twitter), Bluesky, and join the official Discord server.
About Badger Punch Games
Badger Punch Games was founded in Norway in 2011 by veteran game developers Ricki Sickenger and Henning Ludvigsen, who first met during the popular Amiga “Demo Scene” era in the 1990s. The duo have developed multiple games for PC, mobile, handheld, and retro systems, including Dragon Dipper, Ubergridder, Showdown, Rogue64, and Roguecraft, recipient of the prestigious “Retro World” award at the 2025 Debug Indie Game Awards.
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