Asterogue

Asterogue is a turn-based roguelike set inside a hollow asteroid. After crash-landing on its surface, you descend through 17 procedurally generated levels of mines and facilities, fight alien creatures and search for the Cursed Orb to save the galaxy. Each run takes about 20–30 minutes, and permadeath means you lose your run when you die.

Story

After one thousand years of peace, The Great War leaves you with nothing. An old man in a dive bar tells you that ancient aliens have returned to drain all goodness from the galaxy into their Cursed Orb. He sketches a map on a napkin and disappears. Days later, you crash-land on an asteroid and descend into its depths, choosing the unknown within over death on the surface.

Explore and survive

You explore, fight, collect loot and learn from each run. The 17 levels grow more difficult as you descend, and their layouts change between playthroughs. More than 15 alien species have different behaviours, so you must adapt your tactics as you encounter them.

You balance futuristic hand weapons, armour, chemicals, nanotech, medkits and food. A hunger system makes food and other resources part of your decisions. The game has no meta-progression or permanent upgrades between runs; your progress comes from skill and knowledge.

Items and combat

You find weapons, armour, nanotech and consumables as you explore. Combat is turn-based, and the game uses traditional roguelike mechanics rather than roguelite progression. Its controls are simple, without complicated key commands, and its presentation uses 8-bit pixel art.