Devolver Digital and Doinksoft have announced that Dark Scrolls, their fantasy-themed action platformer, will launch on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch on May 28, 2026. Doinksoft marked the date with a new trailer shared on May 5.
The developer describes Dark Scrolls as a fantasy-themed action platformer that “fuses shoot ’em up-style chaos with roguelite progression.” Each run sends players through procedurally generated dungeons assembled from a pool of hand-built rooms, with the camera constantly pushing forward in a style reminiscent of older arcade side-scrollers. Survival depends on quick reactions to incoming attacks while the screen fills with enemies and traps, and the difficulty curve is designed to escalate over the course of the run. Coins picked up between encounters can be turned in at an in-run shop called Bruce & Goose’s Shoppe, which carries upgrades, bonus abilities, and summonable companions to bring into the next stretch. The game also includes an Arcade Alchemy system, where consistent combat performance lets players string together perks and elemental effects to trigger the game’s larger, screen-filling attacks.

There are nine playable characters in the roster, each carrying their own move set, optional run goals, and equippable trinkets that change how a build comes together. Per the press release, weapon selection ranges from axes, arrows, and knives to thrown steaks, with characters spanning warrior, magician, and thief archetypes alongside oddities like a dog, an alien, and a rat with a saxophone. Dark Scrolls supports solo, local, and online co-op, with a downed teammate able to be revived by another player so a run can continue.

At the original announcement in March, Doinksoft’s Cullen Dwyer commented on the “roguelike” label in a press release. Dwyer wrote that searches for the term return results like poker games, pachinko games, narratives about Greek gods, and Yu-Gi-Oh! card games, and questioned how those games compared to the kind of grid-based, turn-based dungeon crawler from the 1980s. He dismissed the use of randomness as the qualifier for the roguelike label, admitted he was “part of the problem” for adding his own game to the pile, and ended by suggesting it could just as easily be called a Metroidvania.

Dark Scrolls is available to wishlist now on Steam.