Bonelords

Bonelords

Released Sep 2025

Rogue-like! Souls-like! Terraria-like! Build your character & your defenses in Bonelords! Protect Fort Platz against waves of enemies & bosses in this un-bone-leavable experience!

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Evaluation

Bonelords launched on September 10, 2025 and has been actively and consistently updated ever since. The developer — a solo developer at Z0 Game Studios — has shipped a steady stream of content across the roughly eleven months since launch. Major content milestones since launch include: a wave variant update with new day/night visuals (November 18, 2025), landmines as a new defensive block (December 9, 2025), a new unlockable sniper rifle weapon (January 25, 2026), a Cursed Relics challenge mode in v1.1.0 (April 29, 2026), and a significant visual overhaul with CRT and dithering effects in v1.1.1 (June 8, 2026). This establishes a clear pattern of major content drops roughly every 1–2 months. On top of these, numerous feature patches have added cloud saves (July 22, 2026), auto-door behavior, controller improvements, and more. The most recent developer communication is from August 7, 2026, when Mac and Linux builds were released — confirming the developer remains actively engaged with the game just weeks before today's date of August 26, 2026. The developer has been candid about their working style, acknowledging in the June 8, 2026 post that they periodically take breaks before returning with new work: "Not the first time I have 'parked' development on the game, and won't be the last either." Earlier posts also reference ongoing plans including new enemy types, a "C-Type" wave variant, more unlockables, and a teased "master plan" for building and defenses content. The developer's tone throughout has consistently treated the game as an ongoing, evolving project.
Evidence
Developer released Mac and Linux builds, confirming active engagement with the game as of early August 2026.
news post · Aug 7, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Developer shipped v1.1.1 visual overhaul (CRT, dithering, new palette) and explicitly stated: 'Not the first time I have parked development on the game, and won't be the last either' — confirming an intermittent but sustained development style with intent to continue.
news post · Jun 8, 2026 source development ongoing
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Feb 2026

Media

Details

Publisher
Z0 Game Studios
Achievements
24
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

BUILD YOUR DEFENSES. BUILD YOUR CHARACTER. DEFEND AGAINST THE WAVES.

Bonelords is a Rogue-like, Souls-like, Terraria-like wave defense game, with an emphasis on combat & character build choices. Defend the mystical Fort Platz as you teleport across the lands of Speghiem. Each run is unique in this rogue-like experience!

Scale Your Character

Play and grow your character to play the way you want. Eight different starting classes keep each run different from the start! Level up your character's stats in whatever way you see fit - each stat is multipurpose. Pick your relics after each great enemy defeated to give you a major, unique boost in power (and believe me, you will need it)! No two characters are the same!

Advanced, Souls-Like Combat

Dodge to move and gain invulnerability frames! Hit enemy attacks with your own to deflect & clank with theirs! Break down enemy poise to stagger them and go in for the kill! Every weapon has both a regular attack and a special attack, allowing for a wide variety of skill expression! Even dodge into the ground to wavedash and gain massive speed - we have it all!

Build Defenses In Depth

Build your own defenses to stop the hordes. Put up walls and lay traps to delay and destroy the enemy! But beware; for the enemy will tear at your defenses from the ground up! If your structures weaken and crumble, the enemy (and yourself) will get crushed under it's weight!

Inheriting Legacy with Each Run

Pass down attributes, items, and relics by inheriting the marrow of your previous champions! Build your list of legacies & train better parents, so that you can overcome even steeper obstacles!

Multiplayer

Don't go it alone! Split screen multi-player with up to four other players. Remote play and let your friends in as well, at any distance, and on one copy of the game!

... you're still reading this?! Get the game already, you bone-head!

Last evaluated Aug 26, 2026
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