Game Details

Developer:

voidmaw

Publisher:

voidmaw

Website:

https://www.katanaut.com/

Genre

Action | Roguelite | Metroidvania

Platforms and release dates

Windows
Q2 2025

Steam

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

Social Media

Twitter | Bluesky | YouTube | Tiktok

About the game

Katanaut is an action-roguelite with metroidvania elements. You fight your way through a collapsing space station where handcrafted rooms blend with procedural generation, offering fresh challenges on every run.

Master fluid, fast-paced combat combining melee strikes, ranged attacks, and a large pool of unlockable abilities. Uncover hidden secrets, face deadly enemies, and survive against escalating bosses in a world where cyberpunk technology meets eldritch cosmic horror.

No checkpoints. Each death sends you back to try again, armed with new knowledge and abilities to forge a unique path through the chaos. Explore, adapt, and conquer as the station shifts with every run, hiding mysteries waiting to be uncovered.

Key Features

• Diverse Builds: Experiment with different weapons, guns, and abilities to create a strategy that matches your style, or something completely unexpected.

• Fluid and Fast-Paced Combat: Experience a unique mixture of hand-crafted and procedurally generated levels where it could be a quick and easy run, or an intense onslaught of surprises.

• Unlockable Arsenal: Roguelites aren't roguelites without unlockable items! Katanaut offers a vast number of weapons, skills, and perks waiting to be discovered and upgraded.

• High-Stakes Combat: Got quick reflexes? We serve up speedy fights where playing smart and thinking quick can make all the difference.

• Pixel-Perfect Design: Experience a pixel-art universe where all the details were refined and designed by hand. All to inspire the unsettling beauty of this cosmic nightmare!

• Synthwave Soundtrack: Our soundtrack brings immersive energy to every battle and simultaneously aims to paint the vibe of the station’s darkest corners – all made by one immensely talented musician!

• Evolving Abilities and Perks: Gather currency to unlock powerful skills, passive enhancements, and game-changing perks that shape each run.

• Hidden Secrets and NPC Interactions: Discover hidden areas, mysterious NPCs, and elite challenges that reward keen exploration and curiosity.