PixelJunk Raiders is a roguelike action-adventure game and it’s only playable on Stadia

Included with Stadia Pro starting March 1, 2021

In a rollercoaster ride of an announcement today, there’s an otherworldly new PixelJunk game coming out on March 1, and it isn’t a sequel, which excites me – but only Stadia players will be able to try it out.

This new roguelike action-adventure game, PixelJunk Raiders, will “” on Stadia. It’ll be available on the streaming platform for $20, or freely playable with a Stadia Pro subscription. Drat.

It’s honestly a bummer to see one of my favorite studios tied down to a single platform like this, doubly so in the aftermath of Google unceremoniousl💎y ditching its internal Stadia development studios.

As for the game itself, I’m intrigued but not necessarily sold. The footage shown today depicts alien-slashing action gameplay in a vividly stylized procedural landscape. A little context: you’re a “human replicant searching for habitable worlds and optimizing your DNA for survival.” You know, the usual.

It’s not a one-to-one comparison by any means, but I hope PixelJunk Raiders doesn’t suffer a tragic fate like The Tomorrow Children, an unforgettable communal PS4🧜 game that liv🐼es on in our memories.

I’m happy as long as Q-Games can keep making games, I just hope this deal doesn’t last forever.