Infamous Keepers Turns Industry Anxiety into a Reverse Dungeon Crawler
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Goblinz Studio has announced Infamous Keepers, a reverse dungeon crawler roguelite where players manage a besieged dungeon and its overworked staff following corporate layoffs, slated for a 2027 release.
Developers at Goblinz Studio are leaning hard into some painfully real workplace anxiety with their latest project. According to reporting by Oisin Kuhnke over at Rock Paper Shotgun, Infamous Keepers casts players as dungeon management employees trying to survive the fallout of massive corporate downsizing. Instead of playing the heroes who clear out monsters for loot, you play the workforce tasked with protecting company assets from incoming adventuring parties while worrying about portal closures and job security.
The upcoming title serves as a spin-off to Legend of Keepers, swapping that game's turn-based tactical style for an isometric tower defense roguelite format. Players get a top-down view of the entire facility, allowing them to strategically place traps, deploy devices, and manage personnel. You can send your digital workforce directly to the front lines or assign them to specific towers to boost stats and efficiency, making the corporate survival loop feel a bit too close to home for anyone following recent industry trends.
While the exact depth of the narrative remains to be seen, the genre flip provides a clever framing device for a strategy game. The project is still quite far out with a planned release window in early 2027, so players have plenty of time to check out the announcement details and add the game to their wishlists on Steam. You can read the original coverage over at Rock Paper Shotgun.
Original source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Tags: Infamous Keepers, Goblinz Studio, Tower Defense, Roguelite, PC Gaming
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun