RPGs Coming This Week, 9/21/25

Aethermancer (Coming into Early Entry) – September twenty third (Home windows, Linux)

The monster tamer RPG/roguelite Aethermancer is heading to Steam Early Entry after over three years in improvement. It’s a turn-based sport with three-on-three fight, the place you tackle foes utilizing monsters recruited all through your journey. Your companions can die completely, although Aethermancer lets gamers revive them, sorta; they received’t be precisely the identical as earlier than, however they’re doubtlessly even stronger. You additionally retain sure methods to progress throughout runs—par for the course with roguelites, versus conventional roguelikes—so don’t fret whenever you inevitably want to begin over.

Developer Moi Rai Video games (Monster Sanctuary) plans to lift the worth of Aethermancer midway by the EA interval, and once more as soon as the sport hits 1.0, so you could need to seize it sooner moderately than later. A demo’s out there on Steam when you’d prefer to pattern the sport first.

by Gio Castillo

Devour Me – September twenty fifth (Home windows, macOS)

In case you’re taking a look at Devour Me considering, “This seems like a comfortable, whimsical slice-of-life sport to cheer me up!”, nicely, you’re not incorrect, however that first impression doesn’t totally seize what it’s. It’s really primarily based on the teenage lifetime of co-director Jenny Jiao Hsia, particularly regarding her experiences with disordered consuming. The sport is definitely meant to be lighthearted and humorous, however Hsia has mentioned she hopes it touches individuals too. Truthful warning: when you’ve ever struggled with weight-reduction plan or in opposition to fatphobia, Devour Me offers with these matters.

When it comes to gameplay, Devour Me is a life-sim RPG with time administration as a central mechanic. The protagonist Jenny’s purpose is to “get scorching” and win over her crush, so we have to steadiness our time learning, doing chores, and consuming proper. Given its themes, feeding your self is definitely one of the distinctive and significant features of Devour Me. The trailer above gives a glimpse at the way it works, however there’s a demo up on Steam if you wish to get hands-on with the sport.

by Gio Castillo

Hades II (Exiting Early Entry) – September twenty fifth (Swap 2, Swap, Home windows)

Hades II‘s 1.0 launch is true across the nook, and I do know I’m not the one one counting down the times. In case you haven’t performed Supergiant Video games’ largest sequence and arguably the crème de la crème of roguelikes but, I extremely advocate beginning with the first sport, as Hades II picks up proper after it.

Gamers will tackle the position of Melinoë—the underworld princess and chthonic nymph, educated by headmistress Hecate herself to confront the Titan of Time. I performed the sport in early entry, and each run pushed my reflexes and boon synergy mastery to the restrict. This time, there are much more Gods to ally (or flirt) with, more durable monsters to face, and new phases ready to be conquered.

Hades II feels more durable, but in addition richer and extra refined, with a lot extra to find. It’s wild to assume Supergiant nonetheless has loads left to unveil within the full launch, and actually, I can’t wait to die many times.

Might everybody’s first clear echo with triumph, as satisfying as ever. Dying to Chronos.

by Tin Manuel

Atelier Resleriana: The Purple Alchemist & The White Guardian – September twenty sixth (PS5, PS4, Swap, Home windows)

Atelier Resleriana: The Purple Alchemist & The White Guardian is a brand-new story set in the identical universe as Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Evening. In contrast to the latter, The Purple Alchemist could be performed totally offline.

It stars twin protagonists Rias and Slade as they journey forth to uncover alchemical components, getting access to spectacular dungeons often known as Dimensional Paths that randomly change each time you go to. Battles have a strategic layer with you being able to modify the order of all combatants on the sphere, in addition to getting to place just a little alchemical know-how to make use of throughout fight! There’s additionally city improvement and shopkeeping to look ahead to.

Whereas staying true to its Atelier roots, Atelier Resleriana: The Purple Alchemist and the White Guardian guarantees to each develop upon and refine the sequence’ ideas in such a manner that they’ll hopefully attraction to newcomers and returning gamers. My private publicity to the Atelier video games is moderately restricted, however this title does look intriguing and welcoming. I’m trying ahead to when Atelier Resleriana: The Purple Alchemist and the White Guardian releases later this week!

by Audra Bowling

Cladun X3 – September twenty sixth (PS5, PS4, Swap, Home windows)

Cladun, which stands for Basic Dungeon, dates all the best way again to the PSP days. It’s a sequence of pixel-art motion RPGs about navigating by, you guessed it, dungeons! Cladun X3 is the newest and the primary since Cladun Returns: That is Sengoku! again in 2017.

One of many essential attracts is its excessive diploma of customizability; characters, areas, weapons, and even music could be tooled round with. One other vital characteristic is the Magic Circle, which helps you to put inactive social gathering members to make use of as sources of extra stat energy and talents… or as “meat shields” in fight. Very like its predecessors, Cladun X3 isn’t a really severe sport, however that’s a part of its attraction.

by Gio Castillo