ALLFATHER is a solo-made first-person roguelike about climbing out of Helheim

ALLFATHER has a Steam page and no release date. It is a first-person roguelike credited to Tommy McKay as both developer and publisher, and the premise is a shieldmaiden who rejects the Valkyries' judgement and claws her way from the depths of Helheim up to the halls of Valhalla, using the gods' own blessings to do it.

What it is

The store page sells it as the look of an old-school RPG with the brutality of a souls-like, built around what it calls a marathon gauntlet that rewards precision, decision making and discipline. Combat is stamina-driven: you ration stamina through a fight, keep watch on your surroundings and pick your moment to strike. The opposition runs from masterful duelists and swarms of creeping undead to frenzied beasts and colossal bosses.

Runs, and what survives them

Dungeons are procedurally generated and death is permanent. Inside a run you level up, choose your own rewards and build out of the blessings of the gods, with relics described as rule-breaking modifiers that let you manipulate your fate. Between runs, iron and runes are spent with merchants in Hel's Hall: crafting different weapons that change how you play, and allocating ability-boosting runes before you set off. The page is clear that those are kept permanently no matter how many times you die.

Who is making it

GamingOnLinux, which flagged the page on October 1, notes McKay previously worked on the tower-defence game Gnomes. The Steam listing is single-player with Steam Achievements, and carries a short accessibility list including save-anytime, camera comfort options, custom volume controls and playable-without-timed-input. The release date reads "coming soon".