Devolver Digital and Doinksoft (Gato Roboto, Gunbrella, Demon Throttle) have announced Dark Scrolls, a pixel art dungeon scroller. The game mashes challenging shmup-like chaos and compelling roguelike progression. Players set off on a quest (but for what?) with one of the worthy yet quirky heroes, dodging through hordes of enemies and deadly traps. Each run is procedurally generated. Dark Scrolls will be released for PC and Nintendo Switch later this year.
Players require sharp reflexes and split-second decision-making to survive as each run delivers new surprises, branching paths, and unrelenting bosses to conquer. Earn coins to spend at a Shoppe for new perks, devastating attacks, and summoned allies. If done correctly, unleash screen-filling destruction of arcade legend.
Here are the game’s key features, via Devolver Digital:
- Choose from a cast of 9 playable characters and hurl axes, fling arrows, toss knives, and even flip steaks at a rogues’ gallery of bizarre enemies.
- Each character, whether it’s a burly berserker or a saxophone-playing rat, has unique skills, side objectives, and customizable trinkets to experiment with.
- Play solo or invite a pal aboard to help. Dark Scrolls supports both local and online co-op, and collaborating players can strategize and revive each other mid-level.
- Super authentic old school visuals, SFX, and music. Looks and sounds like classic games of yore, but with the sparkle of modern controls and design.
- Procedurally generated levels stitched together from hand-crafted rooms. Every run offers new surprises, branching paths, and skill-testing bosses.
- Whether you’re playing alone or adventuring with a buddy, Dark Scrolls is packed with charm, challenge, and secrets. Hack, slash, and dodge your way through hordes of enemies and deadly traps as the level nudges you ever forward.
“Whenever I search for ‘roguelike’ I don’t find what I’m looking for,” says Doinksoft’s Cullen Dwyer in a press release. “I get a poker game or a pachinko game or a heartfelt narrative about a Greek god or a Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. How are those at all like a 1980s turn-based, grid-locked dungeon crawler that you can play in the command line with vim control bindings? They have ‘randomness’? Pathetic. And here I am, part of the problem. Might as well call it a Metroidvania too.”
Developed by Doinksoft and published by Devolver Digital, Dark Scrolls will be released for PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch in 2026.
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