Mewgenics players hated a tutorial boss fight move that instantly did 50 damage, so the roguelike's creators helpfully increased that number to 999: "Fixed the problem entirely"

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The hottest roguelike of 2026 Mewgenics might also be one of the meanest, since developers Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel responded to players' complaints of a difficult tutorial boss with murder, murder, and more murder.

Glaiel – who's previously collaborated with McMillen on several cult-hit games, including The End is Nigh in 2017 – explains in a February 19 post on Twitter. He frames it as a "fun little tidbit about the Mewgenics tutorial" before telling a tale full of caprice and malice.

Roguelike legend doesn’t know what consoles are even "viable" for his viral cat-breeding game Mewgenics, but Nintendo Switch 2 "seems like the front runner."

Ashley Bardhan
Ashley Bardhan
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Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.

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