Yollen

Yollen

Released Aug 2025

Before Megaloot, there was Yollen - a brutally minimalist game by solo dev axilirate. Your peaceful life is gone. Now it’s all about the grind. Climb every skill tree, master every craft, and turn the grind into pure payback.

66% positive · 114 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Yollen is a solo-developed minimalist idle RPG that launched on Steam on August 18, 2025. The store description explicitly frames the game as a completed work: "Originally made as a personal project, it's now finished in its most complete form." This is a direct developer statement positioning the game as a finished product. Following launch, the developer shipped two rounds of post-launch updates: a quality-of-life patch on August 20, 2025 addressing community feedback, and a major update on September 19, 2025 that reworked XP progression, rebalanced items, and added new content. A follow-up polish patch arrived on October 1, 2025. No developer communications have appeared since October 1, 2025, and no future content has been announced — no roadmap, no DLC listings, no season pass. The store description's language ("finished in its most complete form," a clear narrative endpoint of defeating the final boss Yollen) strongly signals this is a complete, self-contained experience. The post-launch updates appear to have been reactive improvements based on community feedback rather than the beginning of an ongoing content cycle. With no outstanding commitments and the developer explicitly describing the game as finished, Yollen is best understood as a complete product.
Evidence
Store description explicitly states the game is 'finished in its most complete form,' framing it as a completed personal project now released on Steam.
description · Aug 18, 2025 source development ending
high
Yollen officially launches on Steam, described as having originated as an itch.io experiment before the developer moved on to Megaloot.
news post · Aug 18, 2025 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
axilirate
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Before Megaloot, there was Yollen - a small, brutally minimalist game from solo developer axilirate. Originally made as a personal project, it's now finished in its most complete form.

You had a good life. Simple and safe. Then he came. No one knows where Yollen came from but one thing’s for sure: he broke your world into pieces. Now it’s on you to grind through every skill tree, master every craft, and build yourself into the ultimate weapon of payback.

This isn’t just another incremental game - it’s your long, bitter road to revenge, one perfectly-timed tap at a time.

Level everything. Use everything. Break everything. Every skill you train feeds into the next - craft better gear, gather rare materials, unlock abilities, and prepare to face the corrupted minions Yollen left in his wake. Whether you're cooking or smithing, thieving or fighting, every action brings you closer to taking him down.

Max out your stats, conquer master your craft, and finally, face Yollen himself.

Game Features:

An interconnected web of skills

Chop, smelt, fight, craft, and brew your way through dozens of skills, each one fueling the others in unexpected ways.

Idle, but intense

Every next step is harder than the last. You have to understand how the world works in order to progress.

Loot, craft, repeat

Manage a full inventory packed with hundreds of items, materials, weapons, and trinkets.

Your new daily ritual

Yollen Idle runs smoothly in the background while you go about your day - accompanied by a relaxing soundtrack, satisfying game sounds, and the quiet joy of progress.

Where it all started

Yollen Idle was the first step towards the development of full fledged Roguelike that is Megaloot. Just like in the game, you have to grind your skills to make something really worth your time.

You didn’t ask for this life.

But you’re going to end his.

Last evaluated Jun 17, 2026
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