Mewgenics

Mewgenics is a fantastic tactical RPG that's good for more than a hundred hours of roguelike runs. Just when you think you have it figured out it'll throw something completely unexpected and hilariously gross at you – and probably a catchy new original song, too.

What McMillen, Glaiel, and co. pulled off is simply paw-some. It's catnip for roguelites in all its glory, as you keep going through runs and coming back for more.

A sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike that will drag you body and soul into its chaotic world.

"The gross-out humor and whacky build interactions that have been a key part of McMillen's work for decades don't distract"

Despite Mewgenics' best attempts to kill my appetite, dozens and dozens of hours in, I'm still hungry for another run.

This mischievous roguelike escapade featuring utterly fiendish felines is compelling, and impressively tasteless

Mewgenics is a chaotic game that uses player agency for balance. Its seemingly endless number of skill, item, and character combos make for an unpredictable but overall fun game.

The extensive cat breeding system and the impressively deep, strategic turn-based combat make for a unique, addictive gameplay loop. Presented and polished with stylish art and music, it's the complete package.

Mewgenics is not only my favourite game of 2026 and one that's unlikely to be unseated from its throne, but it's also already one of my favourite roguelikes and strategy games of all time. It builds upon other classics that blend the two genres, like Into The Breach and Fights in Tight Spaces, and imbues them with brilliant encounters, enemy design, and systems so deep you may never fully get the hang of them.Mewgenics is an extremely special kind of game that only comes around once in a blue moon, even if it is filled to the brim with cat turds.

A roguelite strategy RPG if ever there was one, and chock-full of off-putting and/or cute kitties.