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Become a dice rolling spell slinger in deck-building roguelike SpellRogue today

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Become a dice rolling spell slinger in deck-building roguelike SpellRogue today

The very first game published by the award-winning team behind Deep Rock Galactic challenges players to bend fate to their will in a brand new deck building journey

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK February 12th 2024 - Today, the award-winning company behind Deep Rock Galactic, Ghost Ship Publishing, and fledgling Danish studio Guidelight Games, have launched SpellRogue into early access on Steam. Players are invited to set off on a roguelike deckbuilding journey in which the fate of their run is determined by the roll of a dice…

Watch the new narrated trailer here.

In SpellRogue, players will become one of three elemental wizards tasked with defeating the sinister Voidwalkers who are corrupting the world. Through three Acts, they’ll build powerful decks of spells and collect game-changing artifacts and upgrades, as they’re faced with a series of turn-based combat battles that rely on the luck of their Mana Dice to succeed.

SpellRogue features more than 220 spells, with each fueled by mana determined by rolling a collection of six-sided dice. It’s not all random chance, however - players will be presented with opportunities to manipulate their hand to create powerful combos, and turn luck in their favour.

Key Features:

  • Bend Fate to Your Will - Reroll, duplicate, split, flip and enchant Mana Dice with special effects to become the master of your own luck. Use your rolls to cast powerful spells, but remember that it’s not always about rolling the highest numbers.

  • Craft your Perfect Deck with Unique Elemental Characters - Disassemble Mana Dice to feed devastating fire spells with Azar the Cinder Conjurer, use the power of nature to bless yourself or hamper enemies with Hazel the Earthen Mage, or control the ebb and flow of battle as Lapis the Azure Seer.

  • Experiment with Hundreds of Spells and Artifacts - Cast over 220 spells, each with two separate upgrades to perfect your deck, and loot more than 100 powerful artifacts that can change the fate of your run.

  • Put an End to the Corrupt Voidwalkers - Battle your way through more than 50 different enemies across three Acts, with each culminating in a deadly boss fight that will test your skills - will you leave it all to chance?

“This is a really exciting day for us, finally releasing SpellRogue into early access,” said Tim Skafte, Co-Founder and Artist at Guidelight Games. “We’re so grateful for all the support from Ghost Ship Publishing, and from everyone who’s taken a chance on us and our game so far. We hope everyone enjoys playing SpellRogue as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it, and we can’t wait to show you all what we have in store for early access.”

SpellRogue is available on Steam right now in early access, priced at €15.99 / $15.99 / £15.99. For more information, join the SpellRogue Discord, or visit the SpellRogue website.

Assets for this announcement can be found here.


About Ghost Ship Games

Ghost Ship Games is a Danish game development studio, founded in the spring of 2016 by a group of veteran game developers after years of working together. Ghost Ship Games’ motto is simple: Co-op First. The goal is to take co-operative gameplay to the next level and to make great games, focused on the core gamer. In 2021 Ghost Ship was acquired by Swedish video games holding company Embracer Group. In February 2023, Ghost Ship announced their Ghost Ship Publishing branch. For more information about Ghost Ship Games, please visit: http://www.ghostship.dk

About Guidelight Games

Guidelight Games, founded by Tim Skafte and Thorbjørn Nielsen, is an indie game studio that is built on the belief that the best way to create deep engaging experiences is to involve the community from the very start in an open development process. The duo’s first title together is SpellRogue, which they started work on in 2020, and have already released 45+ incremental updates for playtesting by their growing community.

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