latest A floating magical skull goes to war with his own headless body in this necromantic roguelike that combines Vampire Survivors-like combat with Teamfight Tactics-inspired army building

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Subscribe to our newsletter A necromancer's body betrays its own head, cutting it off and burying it underground before lumbering off to pursue immortality.

Some time later, the skull rises from the earth and summons a skeletal army to take on its own headless corpse.

As opening cutscenes go, it's certainly unique.And it's beautiful much all the setup I need to understand what I'm doing in Skull Horde.

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Gather skeleton warriors, fight weird fleshy monsters, and battle my way to my body.

Simple.

(Image credit: 8BitSkull)The process of actually doing that basically looks like a hybrid between a roguelike in the style of Vampire Survivors, and an auto-battler like Teamfight Tactics.

Progressing through the levels of a bleak dungeon, I'm floating around followed by minions who automatically attack nearby enemies ## Editor's Note The implications of this news could be significant for the industry. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/a-floating-magical-skull-goes-to-war-with-his-own-headless-body-in-this-necromantic-roguelike-that-combines-vampire-survivors-like-combat-with-teamfight-tactics-inspired-army-building/)