DragonLoop

RPG· Time Travel· Metroidvania· Female Protagonist

Released Jun 2025

Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.

91% positive · 636 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $8.99

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Evaluation

DragonLoop was released on June 17–18, 2025 by a 2-person indie team after over 3 years of development. The release announcement described the game as a complete package featuring a time/space cycle system, 5 major areas, 10+ multi-purpose skills, and 20+ elite/boss battles — clearly presented as a finished product at launch. Since release, the developer has been actively patching the game, with a flurry of feature patches and bug fixes in the weeks immediately following launch (June 19 through September 30, 2025). These updates addressed quality-of-life improvements, localization overhauls, minimap redesigns, UI polish, and gameplay balance adjustments — the kind of post-launch polish typical for a small indie studio responding to player feedback. The last recorded update was on September 30, 2025. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store, no roadmap or announcement of future content, and no developer statement indicating further expansions or updates are planned. The developer has not communicated any post-launch content plans beyond ongoing maintenance. The game was built and shipped as a self-contained narrative experience, and all post-launch activity has been maintenance and polish rather than new content delivery.

Evidence

Official launch announcement: 2-person team completed 3+ years of development. Game features time/space cycle system, 5 major areas, 10+ multi-purpose skills, and 20+ boss/elite battles — presented as a complete product.

news post · Jun 18, 2025 source content shipped

high

Complete English localization overhaul addressing missing/incorrect translations and display issues across story moments, NPC dialogue, hints, and prompts.

news post · Jul 22, 2025 source development ongoing

medium

Media

Details

Developer

沙因

Publisher

沙因

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Time Travel Metroidvania Female Protagonist Action-Adventure Time Manipulation RPG Action RPG Action Adventure 2D Side Scroller Stylized Hand-drawn Indie Platformer

About this game

Play as Xi as she tries to navigate a five-day time loop and figure out what happened to her memories.

Together with her companion, Ouro, travel through a true metroidvania world where time changes the terrain in subtle ways. Escape the loop through exploration and battle. Change Xi’s fate and learn the truth of the Dragon Loop!

Turn Bosses into Summonable Spirits

Defeat a wide range of interesting bosses to get exclusive summonable spirits. Destroy your foes with powerful Explosive Spirits, or summon Persistent Spirit companions to follow you around. Upgrade and evolve both types to enhance their combat power!

Multipurpose Metroidvania Powers

Find rare Pearls to summon powerful tools that help you traverse the world. Spiky pufferfish, magnetic boxes, a vacuuming whale spirit… and more. Each has multiple uses in both combat and traversing the world, unlocking many ways to play!

Fast-Paced Exciting Battles

Combine Xi’s strength with Ouro’s agility in fast-paced combat. Play well, manage your X-Rating, and boost your speed and combat power even further in this fast-paced combat system with no contact damage.

Branches in Time

In Dragon Loop, time is a limited resource. Use your five days wisely and plan your routes through an easily-navigable Time Map. Explore and open up new worldlines to see how things play out differently.But don’t worry: this isn’t a roguelike; you never start from scratch.