A truly infinite rogue-like dungeon crawl game? It sounds too good to be true, but that is exactly what Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox is billing itself as, and if that intrigues you then you will be happy to know that the Malevolence early access test is now on Steam.

It seems like rogue-like and grid based dungeon crawls have been making a glorious resurgence as of late, with lots of new games like Darkest Dungeon and StarCrawlers all in the works. Malevolence is gearing up to join these ranks, and from what I can see and read it should give rogue-like fans something to really dig into. The entire game world is procedurally generated and apparently truly infinite, with infinite leveling, quests, and loot to go along with it.

I should clarify the “procedurally generated” part. If I am understanding the information correctly, the entire game has been procedurally generated once for all players (i.e. you don’t get a new random world every time you start a new game), and everyone sees their own copy of that world. What is interesting is that even though the game is single player, there is interaction between online friends to an extent. If you find some really fun area of the world, you can share the location with your friends so that they can find and explore it as well. Oh, and if you want to live on the edge, there is perma-death available in the game as well.

Currently the Malevolence early access is selling for $20 on Steam, which is actually a 20% discount. As noted on the site, the price will increase to $25 at some point in the future once it is closer to being complete. Early access warning apply as usual, but if you are really into dungeon crawls and want to help test a new game, the Malevolence early access deserves a look, especially as it is getting positive feedback thus far on Steam. Have a look!

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