Introducing Big Distraction, a brand-new independent game studio founded by AAA industry veterans with a guiding vision: fun, feel, and performance. The studio has announced its debut title LORT, an outlandish 1–8 player co-op action roguelite set in a cursed fantasy world, coming to Steam in Q4 2025.
“We are a group of internet-raised game devs who got tired of the AAA industry consistently letting down players and developers,” said the team at Big Distraction. “Everyone at our company plays games, is part of the culture, and just wants more experiences where we can have fun with our friends in a lower stress, highly co-operative environment. LORT is our first project as a team, and we are excited to get our game into players’ hands in Q4 2025, less than 2 years since we started development.”
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In LORT, players will dive headfirst into a land where chaos reigns and goblins beware. Whether flying solo or teaming up with up to seven friends, players will stack absurd power-ups, revive fallen allies, and evolve from humble goblin ticklers to fully chadded god slappers in a quest to break free from a world that desperately wants them dead.
If you’re a goblin, you better gird your loins. This latest roguelike seems determined to put the fear of something in goblins everywhere. But, how exactly will the game do that? Let’s dive into it.
Key Features Coming To LORT
Keeping in mind the guiding vision of fun, feel, and performance, here is what Big Distraction has planned for LORT:
- 1-8 Player Chaotic PvE – Bring your homies (or bravely solo it, you absolute legend) for chaotic, over-the-top co-op madness. Combo your attacks, cover each other’s backs, and rally your friends by blowing the tooter as the chaos scales from “this seems fine” to “oh no.”
- RIDICULOUS Power-Ups – A powerup in your hand is worth two in a chest. Get to mixing, matching, and stacking to out-hit and outlast your enemies with powerups like: Nah’s Barrier, Boomer’s Blessing, Trophy of Swole, Cool Comfy Shorts, and over 100 more!
- Your Weapon, Your Choice – Swords, wands, bows, or the age-old gun—it’s all up to you. Freely swap your weapons, discover explosive combos, and pick your favorite way to slap goblins into next week.
- Big Bosses – Massive, weird, and ready to ruin your run—these bosses hit hard, play dirty, and laugh at your cute little power-ups. Learn the dance, punish their weakness, and slap back harder.
- God Run – This isn’t just any run—it’s THE run. Achieve peak power-up perfection, become absurdly overpowered, and turn the tables on this cursed world. Goblins will tell horror stories about you.
- Create Your Stew of Power – Pick your ingredients. Choose your quests. Build the run you want. Choices you make stir the pot, determining which bizarre enemies, cursed locations, and giant, weirdo bosses show up to ruin your day. Cook up chaos, or play it smart… just don’t under-season it.
A shiny trailer reveals the goods
To celebrate the launch of the brand new studio and the debut title announcement, Big Distraction has dropped the official announcement trailer for the game.
In the trailer, you can get a glimpse of the key features from the game, but also the sheer zany energy the team is going for. Everything is bright and colorful. The fighting is intensely silly. Oh, and did I mention that this game has it out for goblins? If you missed it, this game totally has it out for goblins.
Don’t let that deter you from the fun and whimsy the team has infused into the game. Big Distraction is fully leaning into its mission statement, from toot breaks to hilarious blink-and-miss-it tombstone engravings, and questionable weapons offerings.
If any of this interests you, LORT will be available on Steam for PC. Stay tuned for more information on the release date and further details.
