Mewgenics Is A Brilliantly Gross Antidote To Boring Roguelites

Mewgenics, the latest game from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, is a Slay the Spire–style roguelite out February 10 on Steam. It stages turn-based RPG battles on a small grid and sends you on runs with a crew of four cats, each assigned a class via collars before the run begins.

Maps mix battles, events, treasures and bosses as you try to combine somewhat randomly assigned abilities into a cohesive team, only for surviving cats to retire when the run ends and those synergies to vanish. Retired cats can breed and pass on genetics, so you grow a larger household as long as you have enough food.

Unwanted cats are handed off through sewer pipes to unsavory types who, given enough animals, grant perks like a bigger home or more food storage. Collars such as Mage, Thief, Fighter and Hunter unlock over time, encouraging repeated experiments with new crews and combinations.

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