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Started the year off with: BALL x PIT (2025, Kenny Sun) Tons of influences/genres mashed up here: twin-stick shooter, bullet hell, randomized builds (don't call it a roguelite :P), and light city-builder. Fun and addictive early on, but overstays its welcome a bit, and 100% achievements was grindy.

Thronefall (2024, Grizzly Games) RTS-lite with a bit of tower defense. By day, spend gold to build your town's economy, hire soldiers, construct walls and towers. By night, direct troops and defeat waves of invaders. All buildables have preset spots, so strategy comes from resource mgmt / ordering.

Talented (2024, TurtleFox Games) Randomly generated skill trees! The trees are absolutely massive and can even be multi-floored; use your chosen skills to defend a fixed position against conveyor belts of enemies. The combat is simple and verges on auto-battler, but it's unexpectedly addictive.