Season 3 concludes with some of the heaveist hitter games we’ve ever covered for the podcast! From titans of tradtitional roguelikes like Path of Achra and Caves of Qud, to titans of real-time explosiveness like Noita and Hades, this is sure to be an Omegabowl for the ages. We have a great array of listener letters, co-host bickering, and wacky coin flips to make sure everyone is as equally mad as possible. So fire up those spacetime vortices and pray you don’t run out of footsteps before reaching Room 46 of the end of year recap tournament!

Our finalists include:

Blue Prince
Caves of Qud
Deadzone: Rogue
Elden Ring Nightreign
Hades
Halls of Torment
Hero’s Hour
Noita
Path of Achra
Rift Wizard
Spiritfall
The King is Watching


There can be only ONE to hoist the Trophy of Yendor!


! The full tournament bracket with spoiled results can be found here











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Transcript







0:50 - Intro
3:04 - Tournament plan, categories, and games
10:02 - Wildcard 1: Halls of Torment vs Rift Wizard
20:21 - Wildcard 2: Elden Ring Nightreign vs Hero’s Hour
33:44 - Wildcard 3: Spiritfall vs Deadzone: Rogue
46:14 - Wildcard 4: The King is Watching vs Path of Achra
53:10 - Division 1: Caves of Qud vs ???
1:02:58 - Division 2: Blue Prince vs ???
1:13:19 - Division 3: Hades vs ???
1:15:50 - Division 4: Noita vs ???
1:21:36 - Semi-finals 1
1:28:58 - Semi-finals 2
1:39:08 - Grand finals
1:59:56 - Show wind down




Next episode: Roguelike developer interviews from PAX West 2025!

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Intro music: John Williams - Wide Reciever

Outro music: Craig Hamilton - Onward (Kitfox recording)