Heroes of Hammerwatch II Standard Edition

Heroes of Hammerwatch II is the sequel to Crackshell's pixel-art roguelite, moving the series out of a single tower and into a connected world with a hub town, an overworld and several dungeons to grind. You pick a class — paladin, ranger, sorcerer, warlock, thief and others unlock as you play — and dive, dying often. What survives death is the town: ore and gold you bank go into permanent upgrades to shops, the tavern, the church and the guild, and those upgrades apply to every future character. That loop is the hook, because each run is short but the town only moves forward. Combat is twin-stick action from a top-down view, with items and blessings stacking into builds that break the game open by the end of a good run. Up to four players can play the whole thing in online co-op, sharing loot and a town. A new day-night cycle and NPC schedules give the hub more to do between dives. This is the only edition: the full game with every class, dungeon and update released so far. Keys activate on Steam; there are no console versions.