Roguelike games often thrive on their complexity. Finishing run after run is just more enjoyable when you have a mountain of upgrades to switch it up, keeping the game fresh no matter how many times you play it. But it turns out you can strip out most of those interlocking systems altogether if you just make the basic act of playing the game so fun that players can’t put it down. That’s the case with a blazing fast new game I can’t stop playing on Steam.
Haste: Broken Worlds was one of the big hits of the first Steam Next Fest of this year, and it got a full release at the beginning of April. At its core, Haste is just about running. Playing as interdimensional mail carrier Zoe, your goal is to outrun a wave of destruction spreading across multiple planets, with a suite of items and abilities to collect along the way. That makes Haste feel like a mix of endless runner, roguelike, and racing game, which turns out to be an incredibly replayable combination.
