Lone Ruin's New Update Adds More Replayability

For those looking for a new roguelike game to play, this is one you won't want to miss! Cuddle Monster Games and Super Rare Originals has released the Fool's Errand update for Lone Ruin which addresses a bunch of player feedback.

The primary issue that was brought up by the community is the replayability of the game itself. It felt too short without much variation, but today's update specifically addressed that with a new progression system, new game mechanics, updates to survival mode and the shop, steam achievements, and balance tweaks:

Lone Ruin Fool's Errand Update:

• Fool's Errand progression - an ascension-style progression system replaces the difficulty selection, growing gradually more difficult the more successful runs you complete. Can you reach the very end of this eternal ruin?
• Cloaks - a brand new game mechanic is introduced with the cloaks, which are unlocked at successful Errand intervals. Will you wear the Cloak of Bleeding, the Cloak of Learning, or another magical cloak to gain additional abilities and boosts? Cloaks work in both the main Ruin Run and Survival modes.
• Survival mode update - unlock biomes to play with in the Survival mode, including the Infected Gardens, Ghoul Grave, and Goop Temple. You can now also select from all the spells in Survival, just like in Ruin Run.
• Shop updates - Reroll and Sacrifice options have now been added to the shop, allowing for more thoughtful (or instinctive) decisions during your runs.
• Steam achievements - new achievements introduced to tie in with the new content, encouraging you to play for longer to complete everything the ruins have to offer.
• Balance tweaks - general balance tweaks and fixes have been introduced.

To celebrate the release, the game is also on sale for $11.24 (25% off) for a week starting today. With this update, I would consider the price to be very worth it for the content you are getting!

Lone Ruin is an awesome game that we loved playing. In our review, we gave it a Best on Deck rating as it plays really well without any changes at all! On that topic, our Best on Deck badge was also added to the Steam store page for the game, which we are so excited to see!

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