Disfigure

Play it on: Windows (Steam Deck OK)
Current goal: Survive

There are a ton of Vampire Survivors clones, but somehow I never get bored of them, especially the ones that take the roguelite bullet hell formula and dress it up a little differently with a twist or two. Disfigure is one of those. Made by Cold Brew Entertainment, it came to Steam a few days ago, it’s pretty fun, and for now at least it’s completely free.

You navigate a top-down map full of shadowy eldritch horrors you can shoot with a gun, stab with swords, or hack away at using an array of other unlockables. The gimmick is that you can only see and damage enemies inside a small cone of light that surrounds you. Upgrades will let you make the field of light bigger, as well as augment your speed within it or how the enemies that are visible take damage. Like a lot of Vampire Survivors-likes it seems like “just another one of those” until you start playing and it gets its hooks in you and then it’s 20 minutes later and you’re still intent on giving it another go. — Ethan Gach

And that’s it for this weekend’s games roundup. What recs do you have for us?