as the obvious juggernaut of the roguelike world at the moment and reflect on the embarrassment of riches spewing forth from France in 2024. Right now we have not one, not two, but three wholly distinct but spiritually similar action roguelikes coming from folks who created, developed, or expanded Dead Cells, one of the most celebrated action games of the last seven-ish years.
I say these three games are competing, but I don't mean that in a"there can be only one winner" sort of way. Each of these games is clearly going for something different within the action roguelike space. People who loved Dead Cells may love all three of these games, but one of them will probably resonate the most.
Tenjutsu doesn't have a date yet, while Windblown is out sometime later in 2024; The Rogue Prince of Persia will likely be in early access until mid-2025. Once they're all out there, it's going to be fun to dissect each of them more deeply to see where they carried on ideas from Dead Cells and where they struck out in completely different directions.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.