About This Demo

This is the PachiRogue demo

Try the core loop free: one full run on the Undead Crypt board—skeletons and zombies drip in row by row, pressure builds each turn, and a boss waits at the end. Win or lose, your run gold carries into the Aquarium meta shop so you can hatch fish, expand the tank, and come back stronger.

The full game will add more replayable levels (Workshop, Warren, and beyond). This demo is built to answer one question: does aiming a ball down a handmade board feel as good as drafting a broken build?

Wishlist the full release if you want more boards, deeper meta, and everything still on the roadmap.

What you do in 30 seconds

You don’t move a character. You load a ball from your hopper, aim, and fire while enemies stay frozen in place. When your throws are spent, the horde steps up. Enemies that breach the top cost HP. Survive the tide, spike your damage through drafts and modifiers, and break the boss before you’re shredded.

Included in this demo

• Undead Crypt — one continuous run from warm-up waves through miniboss pressure to a capstone boss fight

• Ball hopper — visible slots, distinct ball feel (mass, bounce, size), load the right tool each turn

• RPG stats — STR, DEX, INT, VIT, and LUK on every shot

• Level-up drafts — pause, pick a stat, keep scaling

• Slot modifiers — XP on the ball you fire, then click a slot to draft general and kit mods

• Relics, elites, chests, and run gold — rule-bending drops and economy that feeds meta

• Aquarium (meta) — spend banked gold on fish and tank upgrades; curate a loadout before the next run

• Papercraft toy-box look — cardboard, felt, and photographed craft assets

Not in this demo (full game)

• Additional playable levels beyond Crypt (shown on level select as Coming soon)

• Branching run maps, path-bin routing, and mid-run board events

• Full eggs / breeding / hybrid fish meta (early Aquarium is fish, decor, and loadout—more depth later)

• Content and balance still in active development—your feedback helps

Who is this for?

Fans of Peggle-style physics, roguelike drafting, and horde pressure without twin-stick chaos. If one perfect cascade clears half the board, you’ll know why we’re building the rest.

About the full game

PachiRogue is a physics-based horde-survival roguelite: Vampire Survivors–style escalation on a pachinko board you aim by hand. The demo is a vertical slice; the full release expands the level roster, run structure, and Aquarium. Wishlist to follow updates.