Lone Ruin
Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable, top-down, roguelike twin-stick shooter. Combine and optimise your spells to defeat twisted monstrosities and dive deeper…
Lone Ruin is an arcade developed by Cuddle Monster Games, released 12 January 2023 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.28 at Gamesplanet.
What Lone Ruin is
Lone Ruin is an arcade game developed by Cuddle Monster Games and released in 2023. It was published by Super Rare Originals. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An ancient city enveloped by magic. What once was a buzzy civilisation and people living in harmony with the magic surrounding them has long since been driven mad and twisted beyond recognition by the very magic that used to help sustain them. What could have corrupted this city? Having heard the legends, you, a gifted spellcasting explorer, arrive at these hostile ruins a millenia later with the goal of seeking this ancient power and finally cleansing the city of the corruption it was consumed by all those years ago. The answer probably lies in the center of Lone Ruin… if you can make it there.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Lone Ruin holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.28 at Gamesplanet, 78% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Lone Ruin launched on 12 January 2023, within three weeks of Dead Space, Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower and Hitman World of Assassination. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dead Space, Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Hitman World of Assassination.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Lone Ruin yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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