Somehow 2026 has become the year of the battle top, and nobody saw it coming. A second Beyblade-inspired roguelike has shown up during Steam Next Fest, following hot on the heels of another spinning-top brawler that dropped earlier this year. Two games. Same wildly specific concept. Same festival season. The gaming gods are clearly trying to tell us something.
The appeal makes total sense when you think about it for half a second. Tops that smash into each other with upgradeable parts, chaotic physics, and the kind of "just one more run" loop that roguelikes do so well? That combination basically writes itself. Whether this second entry carves out its own identity or gets overshadowed by whichever one landed first is the real question, but the fact that two studios independently looked at battle-top combat and thought "yeah, roguelike" in the same calendar year is genuinely funny and kind of great. Next Fest demos are free, so if you ever owned a Dragoon or a Dranzer and still feel weird about it, maybe go touch some grass first, then download both demos and see which one scratches the itch better.
Alex
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