Roguelite Tower Defense Game Hope’s End Enters Early Access This April

Indie developer Explorer’s Guild Games announced that their roguelite tower defense game Hope’s End will enter Steam’s Early Access program on April 21, 2023. 

This mix of two subgenres is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity is on its last stand against the invasion of a species called the Blighted. Naturally, it’s all up to the players to turn the tide by building defenses and various weaponry.

Here’s how the game was described by the developers:

Hope’s End features an arcade tower defense experience that is easy to pick up, but challenging to master. Choose from seven Specializations, all with their own unique abilities to help fend off the Blighted. Incinerate mutants with the Fire Specialization, or create explosive gravity wells with the Cosmic Specialization.

How Supreme Psions choose to annihilate the hordes is completely up to them. Stop the Blighted in their tracks by crafting mines, turrets, and barriers on the path to Hope’s End, and upgrade both abilities and defenses throughout each run. When the Blighted seem to not pose much of a threat, engage No Hope Mutators to up the difficulty and aim for massive scores on the leaderboards. Put an end to the Blighted, and become the preeminent Supreme Psion.

Key Features:

• Obliterate waves of monstrous foes in this tower defense roguelite

• Seven psionic Specializations to master, all with their own unique and powerful abilities

• Visit the Armory to upgrade Psionic abilities and gain a tactical advantage

• Side objectives provide permanent progress towards unlockables

• Pick and choose how you would like to increase the difficulty through No Hope Mutators

• Compete for the top of the leaderboard across all Specializations

The developers expect Hope’s End to stay in Early Access for approximately six to twelve months. This version of the game will feature its core features with seven of twelve planned specializations. 

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