During the Xbox Partner Preview, Poland-based publisher Lyrical Games and developer Plot Twist revealed Erosion. A twin-stick, time-shifting, open-world roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic Wild West, Erosion’s core roguelike mechanic is that every death costs a decade.
While its description may be a mouthful, it’s endlessly exciting. The game will launch in Spring 2026 in Early Access on Steam, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass.
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In a comment sent to media via a press release, the CEO of Plot Twist, Tomasz Gawlikowski, commented:
“We founded Plot Twist with the intention of making story-driven independent titles fueled by compelling gameplay. Every time you die in Erosion’s bullet frenzy battles, you can come back, but several years will have passed for the world around you. This lends the story and action a unique emotional depth, making saving your daughter all the more emotional. We can’t wait for players to experience all of this.”
What is Erosion about?
Set in a distant future where a sentient rock formation called the Pillar is consuming civilization piece by piece, Erosion asks players to descend into the Pillar to battle through fully destructible dungeons. But why are you fighting? The story for the game puts players into the fight, where clearing a dungeon puts them one step closer to saving their daughter or, if you’re unlucky, losing her entirely to time itself.
The key part of the game loop is time, and every time you die, you lose another decade, making saving your daughter feel increasingly out of reach.
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Key Game Features
Plot Twist and Lyrical Games have shared a detailed explanation for the game’s key features. Read through them, as provided by the studios below, to understand what to expect from this upcoming wild western roguelike.
- Experience Every Possible Future: Die in a dungeon? Wake up ten years later. That peaceful farm is now a cultist compound worshipping the Great Ol’ Rooster. That store owner you helped? They’ve built an empire. Your choices permeate across decades, transforming factions, townsfolk, and entire regions. Once you’ve mastered full timeline control, you can rewrite every possible future.
- Explore an Open World: Explore a massive wasteland overworld where you can join a cult, steal a slick new ride, and gamble your hard-earned Cheddar away at the Al Cashino. Go sand fishing for buried creatures, hunt bounties, try your luck in duels, or just race trucks through the salt flats. Complete quests to unlock permanent upgrades and reshape the future.
- Endless Ways to Cause Problems: Collect dozens of weapons from ritual bows that draw their strength from your blood, to homing smart guns, to the legendary Ebony Rooster that shoots bouncy eggs. Experiment with 100+ skills and modifiers to create absurd synergies. Command an army of cats. Deploy orbital turrets. Clone yourself. The build possibilities are endless.
- Break Everything: Destructible voxel environments mean cover is temporary and collateral damage is guaranteed. Blow up walls, turn locations into rubble, and flip the poker table! Physics-driven destruction meets bullet-hell combat for that sweet, sweet emergent mayhem.
What is the Erosion release date?
Erosion was just announced during the Xbox Partner Preview and does not have an exact release date set. That said, the game does have a release window and will launch in Spring 2026 in Early Access on Steam, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass. Players can wishlist the game now on Steam and Xbox for PC.
