Metis Creative Announces Occult Roguelike WANE For Pc
The pitch ties the roguelike loop to the story itself: each failed or cut-short expedition is a return trip into Declan's memory, which is why the companions' loyalty and the plot advance across runs rather than in one.
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Metis Creative announced WANE, a turn-based occult RPG with roguelike mechanics, during the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct stream on September 21, 2026. Players control archaeologist Declan Wayne, who returns to the ruins of Ravell and enters a labyrinth built from his own memories. A three-person party of occultists and mercenaries fights grid battles where positioning, cover, and lines of fire matter. Shoreline Games will handle sales, and no release date is set.
Ravell holds three biomes: the Ravellian Sanatorium, the Palace of Arvanshah, and the Death Pilgrimage to Erabel. Room layouts change with each expedition, but safe rooms, unlocked shortcuts, and permanent upgrades carry over to the next one.
Between dives, Declan appraises and sells relics at his antique shop. The money pays for facility upgrades and the next expedition, and players can also keep relics to trace Ravell's history. The party includes an assassin with a demon in her vocal cords and a former fighter pilot now in a machine body.
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