Devolver Digital and doinksoft have confirmed a release date for Dark Scrolls on Nintendo Switch.
Pitched as “a pixel-perfect dungeon scroller that enthusiastically fuses challenging shmup-like chaos with compelling roguelike progression,” after choosing your quirky hero, you will set forth on your quest solo or in cooperatively either locally or online.
Coming to rely on each hero’s unique attacks and abilities, you must hack, slash and dodge through hordes of enemies and deadly traps in “procedurally generated runs of hand-crafted rooms and levels.”
Each run will deliver new surprises, branching paths and unrelenting bosses to conquer, with sharp reflexes and the ability to make split-second decisions crucial for your continued survival as the experience becomes increasingly intense.
The publisher has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- Choose from a cast of nine playable characters and hurl axes, fling arrows, toss knives and even flip steaks at a rogues’ gallery of bizarre enemies
- Each character, whether it’s a burly berserker or a saxophone-playing rat, has unique skills, side objectives and customizable trinkets to experiment with
- Play solo or invite a pal aboard to help. Dark Scrolls supports both local and online co-op and collaborating players can strategise and revive each other mid-level
- Super authentic old school visuals, SFX and music. Looks and sounds like classic games of yore, but with the sparkle of modern controls and design
- Procedurally generated levels stitched together from hand-crafted rooms. Every run offers new surprises, branching paths and skill-testing bosses
Dark Scrolls will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide on 28 May 2026.
