Enter the Chronosphere

May 25, 2026 Effort Star Joystick Ventures
Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Adventure Indie
browser PC Mac
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A psychedelic roguelike that blurs the line between real-time action and turn-based tactics. Play as misfit aliens, craft wild combinations between hundreds of weapons, items and abilities, and disable uncharted chronospheres: Colossal structures that consume time and distort reality.
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Release Date May 25, 2026
Developer Effort Star
Publisher Joystick Ventures
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Action
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