Black Future '88

Black Future ’88, developed by SUPERSCARYSNAKES and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment and Surefire.Games, is a roguelike action-platformer that thrives on pressure, speed, and repetition, wrapping its entire design philosophy around urgency and decay. Set in a dystopian, synth-soaked alternate 1988 where time has effectively stalled after a catastrophic event, the game drops you into a crumbling tower with one clear objective: climb, survive, and reach the top before your own failing heart gives out. This ticking-clock premise is not just thematic flavor—it is the central force shaping every aspect of the experience. The most defining mechanic is the strict time limit imposed on every run. From the moment you begin, you are working against an inevitable end, which transforms the usual roguelike rhythm into something far more aggressive. There is no room for slow, methodical exploration; every second matters, and hesitation can cost you the entire run. This creates a constant tension between risk and efficiency. Do you push forward with minimal upgrades and hope to outpace the clock, or do you take detours for better gear at the expense of precious time? That balancing act b…

I've enjoyed certain roguelikes in the past, but this one just didn't grab me early enough to want to keep banging my head against the wall

Super stylish, super buggy, it's like an unfinished good game ! which makes it bad :(

Incredible arcade styled game with countless ability and equipment unlocks - that in addition to a quality synth themed OST - still amazing in 2026.

It's not bad but there could be more to it. Sometimes the gameplay feels too fast and the screen has so many effects it can be hard to avoid damage or you'll be hurt but unsure how it even happened. There are multiple characters but they don't really play different, just start with a different gun that you'll stop using pretty soon and they usually have less health and like a single perk ability. Also you fight the same bosses in the same order and all the environments look the same so it gets repetitive pretty fast. Nothing in the game is described, as there are portals to go through, help to ask for, obelisks, curses, secret areas, and more, and you have no idea what any of it is or does and theres no real wiki online for it. So you may screw yourself without even realizing what you're doing, there should be better descriptors of what things do if theres so many different things. There also are very few perks and I had seen most of them after like 10 runs. The forced time limit also seems dumb, as it goes against the whole point of the genre as it limits your ability to upgrade and explore the environments, and really adds nothing to the game besides another way to kill you w…

Good but on a massive discount, at least 80% is fair imho. After 10 hours I've beaten it multiple times and open almost all unlockables. No replayability value, but it is somewhat fun. Fast paced, flashy, simple run and gun, even simpler with gamepad cause of autoaim. Has even simpler "Assist mode", dunno for what purpose =) 5 bosses, repetitive level generation, few weapon/perk combos that doesnt really matter. Somewhat buggy: softlocked after killing bosses couple of times (including final one, lol); sprites of killed enemies dont disappear, menu points disappear instead =) Achievements are horrible, "10000 dashes" is sooooooo dumb, worse than that HM2 one, doubt that I'll grind it anytime soon.