Wardrum

Wardrum is a turn-based roguelite with a twist: every attack and ability lands harder when you nail it in time with the tribal drumbeat. Off-beat magic has corrupted the land, and it’s down to your band of five warriors to march out, stay in rhythm and put a stop to it before everything falls apart.

You’ll build your warband from units like the warrior, assassin and summoner, levelling them up through branching ability paths and kitting them out with trinkets for some proper broken combos. Combat plays out on a tactical grid where positioning matters just as much as timing, so you’ll be pushing enemies off cliffs, springing traps and lining up kill shots for your archer, all while keeping an ear on the beat. Miss it and debuffs like bleeding or deafening will make things even harder.

Death is pretty much guaranteed, but each run makes you stronger as you carry lessons and upgrades forward. With six biomes, over 35 enemies and a roster of nasty bosses including fallen gods and ancient dragons, no two runs through Wardrum play out quite the same. There’s even an adjustable rhythm difficulty if you want the timing to be a bit more forgiving.