2026-05-27 13:19 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Today marks the 2-year anniversary of Rack and Slay! Back when I started the project I didn't dream of getting anywhere close to 500 very positive reviews. This journey will forever hold a special place in my heart and I'm super grateful to everyone who gave the game a go! ♥️New BundlesThat said, the games industry as a whole and indie dev in particular are becoming an increasingly tough business. Visibility is everything, but getting a piece of the pie gets harder every day with more and more games launching, some bringing much bigger budgets to the table, without much more space to share the
2026-05-01 13:56 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
The genre of billiards roguelikes remains on the rise with the very fun Midnight Billiards joining the ranks very recently, now available in a bundle with Rack and Slay!Billiards Roguelike Double FeatureTopdeck Automat Demo🤖🖨️👽In other news, Rack and Slay team has a brand-new demo out for their new game just in time for Steam Deckbuilders Fest next week!Topdeck Automat fuses auto-battler + roguelike deckbuilder in a wacky sci-fi setting.Every single wishlist and demo play helps, so thank you for taking a peek. 🙏All the best, Fabian
2026-02-24 18:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hi! I'm excited to announce Rack and Slay has recently joined forces with two other awesome games in the billiards-ish physics roguelike space: Check out the "Pool Roguelikes" bundle featuring Drop Pockets, as well as "Rack n' Flick" with Flick Shot Rogues.New BundlesBoth those games are tons of fun and should appeal very much to you if you like Rack and Slay!Wishlist Topdeck Automat 🤖🖨️👽In other news, the team of 2 behind Rack and Slay is collaborating again and making a new game!This time you're a brave printer robot, hacked and reprogrammed to fend off the alien invasion.Every single wis
2026-02-07 18:13 UTC · Community Announcements · 2 Left Thumbs
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale!Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! Rack and Slay is 40% off!Be sure to check the Bundle List for any additional discounts that may be available to you NEW RELEASEYesterday saw the release of Underboard, a new team-based tactical roguelike autobattler!(The lead artist of which did the awesome custom art for this sale!) COMING SOON 4 more games have received official release dates! Each of which offers a public demo.Dice A Million - Dice-rolling Deckbuilder Roguelike - February 25thCrawli
2025-09-10 17:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Spanish + SaleSurprise! Thanks to the efforts of Alberto Pensado I was able to add a Spanish translation. The game now has a total of 9 languages available and I'm super happy so many folks are able to experience it in their preferred one! To celebrate, the game is also on sale right now! ❤️As always, if you find any issues or have notes for the Spanish version, please let me (and thereby Alberto) know and we'll do our best fixing anything that comes up.New game? 👽⚔️🤖In other news, and maybe less of a surprise, while I'm super glad with the number of players Rack and Slay found, I'm working
2025-02-07 18:00 UTC · Community Announcements · 2 Left Thumbs
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale! Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39217323/c11f237f089d5f895f0e8ba5921ebf80e931d8ee.png How about a FREE game?! Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre launched TODAY, and is available 100% for free! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997920/Croak_Crusader_Spawn_of_the_Spore_Spectre/ This free title introduces the general gameplay, protagonist and antagonists of the upcoming (paid) release, Croak Crusader: the Champion of Canada. Be sure to add that to your Wish
2025-01-11 11:53 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hey folks, happy new year! 🎊 First of, a little celebration: The game broke through 400 reviews! That's way more than I ever anticipated to reach, so it filled me with a lot of joy to see this by the end of last year. THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤️ The highlight of today's small patch is another new language. Thanks to the incredibly generous support of Ladush, a fan of the game, the game is now available in Russian and with that in 8 total languages! Patch notes (v1.28) Added Russian translation. Adjusted the tile size of some of the new floors added last update. Fixed more translation typos and text
2024-12-19 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hi folks! Today artist extraordinaire Estivador and I have a little holiday surprise for you! 🎁 Speaking of holidays, the game will be on sale for Steam Winter Sale a few hours from now, so that should be a great time to join the fun-loving billiards roguelike family (or tell a friend about it)! ❤️ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43942681/d09fbcb955816d2653dba71d76a82ebfe81ab383.jpg This patch includes a whole bunch of new graphics for floor tiles (including special boss-level ones), the outer arena walls and funky new hole graphics! 👀 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43942681/1eb73cc594abe21eefa112c5ecd1d91bf259cece.
2024-12-13 11:11 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43942681/449969034f45c3483841bea92c20b1f8a6a19f6b.jpg Hi folks! Excited to let you know that just a few hours from now, The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards (or in "short" TGAGWCAGA) will be streamed on YouTube showcasing tons of exciting recently released and upcoming indies! 📅 TGAGWCAGA 2024 🕔 Friday, December 13th - 5:00 PM UTC / 6:00 PM CET / 12:00 PM ET 📺 Watch the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@TGAGWCAGA This is a great opportunity to check out games made by solo devs or tiny teams you may not have heard about yet! The world of indie gam
2024-11-19 12:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hey folks! Thanks to none other than the amazing tricko, also known as Empty Bottle (who has also been one of the game's earliest playtesters), Rack and Slay is now fully translated into Italian! Speaking of which, make sure to check out tricko's physics brawler Nice To Yeet You! I don't even have to lie when I say it's easily one of my most anticipated fighting games ever and I've already had a ton of fun with it in various playtests and the demo. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/Nice_To_Yeet_You/ Patch notes (v1.26) Added Italian translation. Impaler and Dice Juggler now spawn the
2024-10-17 17:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hey everyone, it's time to bring roguelike billiards to new audiences! Today's update adds 5 new languages to the game: German, French, Portuguese (BR), Chinese (simplified) and Japanese. Additionally, macOS support and a few general fixes and optimizations! As usual here's a reminder that if you enjoy the game consider leaving a review. It means the world, helps a lot with Steam visibility and ultimately allows me to put more hours into this game that I love so much. So here's a big thank you to anyone who chipped in! ❤️ To celebrate, Rack and Slay is on sale on Steam (and Nintendo Switch) ri
2024-09-01 18:15 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
There were a couple hotfixes over the past couple of days that I'm summarizing below in addition to a few smaller tweaks that I just patched. Thanks for the continued feedback and reviews everyone!
2024-08-28 12:31 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Another small one featuring a couple challenge balancing improvements and a little quality-of-life feature that has been requested by the mouse-only crowd for a while. :) Patch notes (v1.22) Boss Rush challenge now starts with +2 shots to account for the higher number of enemies per level and give you a better chance to actually get through them all. Drunken Master backwards shot now never happens the first turn of a level to give you a bit more agency (and not ruin your first-shot abilities). Added option to the advanced settings that allows you to use your mouse scroll wheel to micro-adjust
2024-08-26 11:36 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hey everyone! It's been a great week! I'm super happy with the reception of the big update. Thank you so much for the heartwarming comments and feedback in reviews, forum posts and the Discord! ❤️ Today's patch will clean up a bit by improving challenge balancing (a couple of them were a little rough at times, especially on higher difficulties) and making TNT Crates as well as the Culty enemy a little more interesting. There are also a few minor fixes, but nothing major seems broken so far, fingers crossed! Patch notes (v1.21) The Lost challenge now makes healing collectibles heal for 2 instea
2024-08-19 17:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Ludokultur
Hey everyone, it's major update day! If you enjoy the game and the updates, maybe consider leaving a review. It really makes a big difference! Maybe we can break the 300 reviews milestone soon? 👀 Anyways, as promised this is a big one expanding on all areas of the game so let's get into it! NEW ITEMS {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43942681/4e4f5ec4f739d6d90b01b2728b76b33b5287fc00.gif Three new items join the compendium! Earthshaker has quite a bit of multi-kill potential and can help move enemies even when they're in tricky-to-reach spots. Bulldozer gives you a new tool to defeat enemies by smashing them
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