Press release:
The London-based (the UK) indie games publisher Super Rare Originals and Jönköping-based (Sweden) indie games developer Cuddle Monster Games, are today very thrilled and happy to announce that their spell-based roguelike twin-stick shooter “Lone Ruin“, is now available for PC (via Steam) and the Nintendo Switch (via the Nintendo Eshop).
Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable roguelike twin-stick shooter. Optimise spells and build ultimate combos to defeat twisted monstrosities in this hellishly vibrant, highly addictive action game.
About LONE RUIN
LONE RUIN is a spell-based roguelike twin-stick shooter with a focus on replayability. Play as an explorer who seeks a mysterious ancient power and venture into a ruined magical city, built atop a source of magic used by olden mages to power and transform themselves. Dive deeper and deeper, battling your way through twisted creatures, utilising your very own magic abilities to ultimately reach the center of the Lone Ruin.
OUTLIVE THE RUINS 👁️ Fight your way through blood-pumping battles and more than a whole host of enemies and multiple bosses in several distinct, hellishly vibrant areas. Don’t let the horrifying creatures get the best of you!
SPELLS APLENTY 👁️ It’s dangerous to go ‘lone, so pick the spell that best fits your play style to survive the hazards of the Lone Ruin. Maximise your destructive magical setup combo through the many upgrades and customisation options available as you venture deeper into the ruins via your chosen path.
SURVIVE THE CHAOS 👁️ Looking for a different challenge? Take on the Survival mode for a timed, wave-based game mode. How long can you survive against the rising difficulty and increasingly tougher foes?
Win in the high score contest
From the 13th to the 20th of January, our community will be able to take part in a LONE RUIN leaderboard competition with an overall prize pool of $1,000 USD, with the winner taking home $750 USD! And even simply by entering, 10 lucky people will have a chance of winning a free key for either Grapple Dog or LONE RUIN on a platform of their choice.
For full details on the competition, go here and follow us on socials for updates.
About Cuddle Monster Games:
Cuddle Monster Games is an independent indie game studio based in Jönköping, Sweden. It’s a one man shop consisting of Hannes Rahm. Hell is Other Demons is their first big commercial project.
About Super Rare Originals:
At Super Rare Games, we strive to bring collectors the very best physical content for the Nintendo Switch.
We operate alongside our partners to bring the most exclusive offering of the very best indie games. From the packaging of the products to opening the limited edition trading cards, we aim to provide gamers with the purest experience.
As we look to expand our collection of games, we hope you join us and grow yours too.
Having released our first game in February 2018, we have gone on to publish the most physical Switch games of any company in Europe and the second most in the World.
We maintain a high quality bar for the content we work on, and we try to release content from developers all across the globe. The genres of the titles we work on varies each month and we try to cater for every gamers interests.
Our aim as a company is to support the talented indie developers who have poured their hearts into the games they release. With your help, we help support them to continue to supply Switch owners with high quality experiences.
Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround
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Tags: Cuddle Monster Games, Indie games, Lone Ruin, Nintendo Switch, PC games, Roguelike, Spell-based, Steam, Super Rare Originals, Twin stick shooter