Top Hat Studios, Inc., in association with Almenara Games, is excited to announce that the upcoming survival horror roguelike,ROGUE MANSION will be entering Closed Beta. The Closed Beta is tentatively planned for January 2026, and Applications to sign up and take part can be made by joining the Top Hat Studios Discord community; there, further instructions are available leading to the sign-up form.
If you are interested, you can sign up by joining their Discord server with the invite here!
Top Hat Studios is your favorite publisher of fine indie delicacies, primarily supporting Japanese-inspired, retro-themed, and highly creative titles. As a company that started by and works with grassroots developers and incubating developer talent, Top Hat Studios focuses on supporting games all the way from blockbuster productions through to niche and boutique experimentations.
Top Hat Studios’ diverse portfolio includes hits such as Silly Polly Beast, Crypt Custodian, Labyrinth of the Demon King, MOTORSLICE, Alisa, and many more! I really enjoyed Labyrinth of the Demon King earlier this year!
With an eerie, atmospheric blend of classic survival horror and modern roguelike mechanics, ROGUE MANSION draws inspiration from iconic retro and PS2-era horror games – evoking their tension, visual grit, and methodical pacing – while infusing the concept with replayability and dynamics of a roguelike. Each new attempt reshapes the mansion’s halls, item placement, enemy behavior, and more – ensuring no two playthroughs are alike.
The Closed Beta will give selected players access to a full run of the game with one playable character, offering an early chance to experience the mansion’s shifting horrors ahead of release. Applicants who are chosen to take part in Beta testing will receive further news and details closer to the start of the Closed Beta period, which is tentatively planned for January 2026.
Key Features
- A mansion that changes every run: procedurally generated layouts transform hallways, rooms, puzzles, and enemy encounters.
- Classic survival horror tension: scarce resources, methodical combat, and the ever-present threat of the unknown.
- Multiple playable characters: each offering unique starting equipment, attributes, and story motivations.
- Retro-inspired aesthetics with modern enhancements: capturing the mood of early 2000s horror with a stylized look and feel.
- Shifting perspective: mix things up even more by switching between first-person and RE4-style third-person modes.
Will you be putting in an application for the closed beta of ROGUE MANSION? As a fan of classic survival horror games and the ability to play in first person as well, it has me interested, and I applied!
