Planned Release Date: August 2026

About This Game

ENCORE

The lights come up. The crowd is waiting. Every shot you fire lands on the beat — and the better you play, the louder the music gets.

Encore is a rhythm-driven roguelike shooter built around one fantasy: you're not just surviving, you're putting on a show. Lock your fire to the rhythm, chain combos to pull new layers into the soundtrack, and keep an arena full of fans on their feet. Miss the beat and the music thins out. Let the crowd lose interest and it's lights out — for good.

Play on the beat

Shooting in time with the music isn't flavor, it's the core loop. Stay on rhythm to hit harder and build your combo; break it and you feel it. As your combo climbs, the track builds with you — drums, bass, and melody stacking in live as a reward for a clean performance.

Two ways to die

HP is only half of it. The Audience Meter is your second life bar — keep the crowd hyped to keep it up, and don't let it bottom out. A great run is as much about working the audience as it is about staying alive.

Instruments are your arsenal

Pick your sound, pick your weapon:

• Guitar → Rifle: precise, reliable, all-rounder
  
• Bass → Shotgun: heavy, close-range punch
  
• Drum → Machine Gun: relentless, high rate of fire
  
• Synth → Burst: rhythmic burst-fire damage

Each archetype evolves as you go, and milestone abilities unlock as your combo hits new tiers. Spend combo on riff abilities for a burst of power, and time your dodges to stay in the pocket.

Run-based, built to replay

Fight through waves, hit the shop between sets to upgrade your loadout, and push deeper. Choose from a roster of 13 performers, each with their own feel, across two stages — a lush Forest and a neon Cyber arena. Earn coins toward permanent progression so every run pushes the whole show forward.

Take the stage.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some of the in-game written text in Encore was created with the assistance of generative AI tools, and was reviewed by the development team.