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Cycle of Steel

Cycle of Steel is a pixel-art roguelike where tyrannical robot knights run amok. Arm and upgrade your robot to fight through a perilous factory. End the knight’s reign of terror!

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August 20, 2024
1 year and 347 days ago
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Positive15 reviews93.3%

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About the Game

Cycle of Steel is a fast paced roguelike adventure, where you make it through a randomly generated dungeon, utilizing various weapons to shoot down enemies along the way.
Explore a destopic scenery, ravaged by heartless robots, all drawn in satisfying pixel art.
It's free, give it a shot.



Control a hacked robot against the AI’s army, The Knights of the Holy Code. Search for the one controlling them all, and bring them, or it, down to ruin.

Pick up your weapon and fire, with a top down perspective shooter, and roguelike elements to keep the game interesting.

Keep respawning and purchashing upgrades to get further every time.

Figure out your playstyle with differing weapons, taking it slow and steady with a laser rifle, or hot and fast with piercing shotgun rounds!

And more details to find, like environmental effects, in this indie game created by a team with a passion.



You can't give up, if your robot is destroyed, you must make more to break the cycle of steel.