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Zakroutil · Published by Zakroutil · Official site ↗
Content notice: The game includes blood splats and blood splashes on the screen when enemies are damaged and when stabbing sacrifice cards. References to self harm and suicide.
Very Positive — 88% positive (169 reviews) · 30 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
ROSE is a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Slaughter waves of monstrous enemies and defeat titanic bosses in randomized arenas or die trying!
Action, Free To Play · 2024 · More free games
Experience intense action as you sacrifice parts of your character to gain powerful new abilities and weapons in each arena. Defeat monstrous enemies and colossal bosses in ROSE, a free-to-play roguelite shooter from Zakroutil set for release in 2024.
About this game
ROSE is a violent arena shooter with rogue-like elements. Create your own builds by sacrificing parts of your body or reversing the sacrifices to gain boost and new abilities. Unlock new weapons, enhance them with powerful upgrades. Progress through randomized arenas, defeat demented enemies and vanquish titanic bosses to uncover the dark story. What are you willing to sacrifice to save your lost daughter Rose?
Sacrifice your flesh and blood
After each arena has been cleared you can choose from several sacrifices. Sacrifices will increase the complexity and difficulty of the game. Each body part sacrificed will add new mechanics and will change the game in a meaningful way.
Each sacrifice will increase your stress level, with enough stress you can reverse a sacrifice to gain a new ability instead.
Ever-changing arenas
Arenas are randomly selected from dozens of pre-made layouts. Traps, enemies and other objects are procedurally spawned. Each arena can spawn multiple waves of enemies.
In some arenas you can figh for additional rewards. In such cases, enemies will spawn with a special rule-set, forcing you to strategize and change your play style to complete the rule objective.
Not all the arenas are created equal, some may offer special mid-run upgrades or present you with an additional challenge in the form of a mini-boss.
Weapons and abilities
Each weapon provides a unique gameplay experience, some can even alter the maps themselves.
The gun selection ranges from a simple revolver to a demented gun which consumes your blood for ammo and punishes you each time you miss.
Unlock new weapons, upgrade them every time you die, then jump into battle once more!
Enemies and bosses
Enemies spawn in waves. After you clear a certain number of waves, the sacrificial altar will unlock, and you will move to a new arena. Some arenas may spawn bosses instead of regular enemies.
Story
Rose tells a story about life, death and hope.
You will find out more about the story by progressing through the arenas, special encounters, defeating bosses and dying.
Features:
Sacrifice your flesh and blood to progress
Reverse sacrifices to gain boosts instead
Unlock and upgrade unique weapons
Slaughter waves of demented enemies
Defeat titanic bosses
Progress through the randomized arenas to uncover the dark story
Avoid traps and other procedurally placed obstacles
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 4460 | AMD FX-8350
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-12700 | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | AMD RX 6700-XT
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
MAW Demo Launch!
Heyo! For the past year or so I have been hard at work on my new game, MAW, and today I’m proud to announce that you can play the first chapter of MAW as a free demo! This game is something a fair bit different from my other games, but it’s still a very personal project for me, as all my games are… well maybe this one might be a little bit more personal 😅 What is MAW?MAW is a narrative driven adventure about a queer wolf detective exploring his identity in a totalitarian regime. You will be solving cases using animal abilities, sniffing for clues, licking for information and overall being a (good boy) wolf detective, while also keeping your identity hidden from the state… and your mother. What is in the demo?The MAW Demo features the first episode of what is to be a 7-chapter long story. This first episode is an introduction to the story, world, some of the characters and detective mechanics (like sniffing and licking)! You will be investigating a case of a missing girl, as well as dealing with some personal dilemma. If this kind of game, as they say… tickles your pickle, please, give MAW a shot! It takes about 15 minutes to play through the demo, but there are different ways to approach this first case! All the characters and interactions react to your choices and personality, so feel free to experiment :3 I would be super happy to hear your thoughts on the demo, please do share your ideas in my new discord server and make sure to leave a review on Steam. It really does help a lot when it comes to the Steam algorithm. Thankies :3Also... a new trailer just dropped 🐺Play the demo! Awooo for the Shepherd!-ZakRead full article on Community Announcements (Zakroutil)Community & EventsOfficial
ROSE GIVEAWAY
🚀 101 Steam Reviews in Just 93 Days! 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who played ROSE and took the time to leave a review To celebrate this milestone, we’re hosting a special giveaway where you can win exclusive ROSE merch! 🎁 THE GIVEAWAY IS OVER! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATEDRead full article on Community Announcements (Zakroutil)Patch NotesOfficial
More Accessibility settings
There have been requests for more options to disable some of the more intense visual effects in the game, sooo you can now toggle: - Impact particles - Screen flashes - And you can adjust the Screen Shake intensity {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43491749/2046a2d14fe166bf9a68705a35db25b021e5d889.png I have also added a new achievement for breaking the game by yeeting yourself out of the bounds of the map using the broken physics of the hanging cages (or if you find a different way to get the achievement, good job! That also counts ^^) ...also there might be some big event happening when we reach 100 reviews, but I don't wanna spoil the surprise :P (Also holyyy whatttt we are almost at 100 reviews?!?! how?! TYSM!!! ^w^)Read full article on Community Announcements (Zakroutil)Patch NotesOfficial
Fixing more stuff
- FOV Slider has been added to the settings - The Twin Skull boss should no longer have the shield up for forever after killing the other skull - Also, did you notice how large is that guy's sword?! But then again size may be deceiving.... (this is a hint for killing the Lingering Though a bit faster, you just have to look where you might not wanna usually look, or maybe you do? idk, I don't know you... I would look :P )Read full article on Community Announcements (Zakroutil)Patch NotesOfficial
Fixing some stuff
Hopefully these things are fixed now: (if not scream at me and I will try to do better next time :p) Increased size of weak points on teleporting enemies (now they can actually be hit!) Ending achievement should now be given to you when you complete the game Fixed the bug with the missing life sacrifice card in story levels Changed / reworked Twin Skull boss behavior Your save game is no longer deleted after beating the game (sorry for including this in the first place qwq) Added "End Run" button into the ESC menu Shotgun pickup in intro can not be abandonedRead full article on Community Announcements (Zakroutil)
