This upcoming PC RPG mixes dungeon crawling, card-based turn-based combat, and visual novel routes built around one brutal decision.
Annihilated begins after the disaster has already happened. A hero party entered a dungeon, failed, and was left broken by whatever waited inside. The player arrives with the Death Squad to Rescue the Brave Party, but the mission comes with a cruel limit. Only one survivor can be saved.
That choice sits at the center of the whole game. Each party member has lost something important. The Hero can no longer speak. The Mage has lost her magic. The Warrior no longer has a body and survives as a soul trapped in a doll. The Priest’s condition is left more mysterious, but the game clearly frames him as another damaged survivor rather than a clean rescue target.
After creating a character and choosing a companion, the player has to escape the dungeon with that one person and leave the others behind.
Developed by Desu Kumiai and published by Flashlight Games, Annihilated is planned for PC via Steam. The official Steam listing currently shows a July 21, 2026, release window.
The structure mixes a visual novel with a dungeon crawler and a card-based RPG. The story is split across four routes, one for each survivor, with different choices, multiple endings, and more than 200,000 words of text listed for the full game. The person you rescue changes the story, the mood of the escape, and the way the journey through the dungeon plays out.
Combat is turn-based with cards, but players need to watch for input windows during attacks and defensive actions, so a good turn is not only about picking the right card. Weapons can also shatter for extra damage, creating a risk-reward layer where pushing for a stronger hit may cost a useful tool.
The dungeon itself is described as a dangerous four-layer labyrinth filled with demons, rival forces, accidents, and random events. Annihilated also leans into roguelite pressure, with high lethality, fast retries, and a “Curse” system that can rewrite fate.
The companion system may be the most interesting part for RPG players. Each survivor has a different condition, and those losses appear to shape both narrative and mechanics. The Mage, for example, no longer has her magic in the normal sense, while the Warrior’s doll body immediately suggests a very different combat and story angle.
Visually, Annihilated uses hand-drawn art with a cute edge, then pushes it into darker territory through blood, death, and psychological horror.
A limited-time demo was available earlier in 2026 and covered the prologue across the four routes, with save transfer planned for the full release. That demo has since closed, but it helped put the game on the radar for players who follow stranger turn-based RPGs and narrative-heavy dungeon crawlers.
