A live game on YouTube

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Roguelike Arena

A battle royale you play from live chat. Type join and a hero with your name drops into the dungeon. Dozens of viewers enter. One walks out.

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The Arena

Join the fight. Ruin the fight.

The stream is the game. Open chat, type join, and your hero is in the next round.

Open on YouTube to chat

The Rite

Three steps into the dark

I
Type join

Open the live chat on YouTube and type join, or join mage to pick a class. Your name shows up in the lobby. No download, no sign-up beyond your YouTube account.
II
Your hero fights

When the round drops, your hero explores, loots and battles on its own. Choose how bold it plays, and type me to point the camera at it.
III
Last one standing

The dungeon collapses inward until one hero is left. Win or lose, you're in the next round automatically as long as you keep chatting.

Level 1 to 50, every round

Everyone starts at level 1 with basic gear. Slay monsters and rivals to climb toward 50; a level lead wins fights, and the dungeon gets deadlier the farther you roam from where you dropped in.

Bosses and legendaries

Gear from common white to legendary orange. Bosses guard lairs, crush heroes below their level and drop legendaries with unique powers. When a hero falls, everything they carried spills for anyone to grab.

Abilities that unlock as you level

Mages blast crowds and blink away, archers shoot from range, fighters charge in. New moves unlock at levels 5 and 12, and every class gets an ultimate from level 5.

No hero? Still play

Cheer a favorite to heal them, boo a rival to slow them, put a bounty on the leader, call in a supply drop, or predict the winner. Enough of chat has to agree, so nobody swings it alone.

Chat calls the chaos

When the zone moves, chat votes on what hits the arena next: a meteor, healing rain, a hoard imp, a monster surge, a blood moon or a boss. Fire, acid, ice and lightning in water make every fight messier.

Your name on the podium

The winner screen crowns the champion and shows who called it. Type stats any time for your wins, kills and best finish.

The Roster

Thirteen ways to die

Pick one with join plus the class or an everyday word like warrior, mage or healer. Leave it off and you get a random class.

SellswordwarriorSteel Cyclone
ReaverbarbarianRed Frenzy
TemplarpaladinSacred Bulwark
ShadeassassinDeath Mark
AsceticmonkStorm of Fists
OutriderscoutStampede
SharpshooterarcherArrow Storm
CutpurserogueSmoke and Daggers
ArcanistmageStarfall
StormcallershamanTempest
LightbearerpriestSunburst
MenderhealerLifeward
WildspeakerdruidGrasping Roots

Twelve races too, from dwarves and elves to trolls. The name under each class is its ultimate. Every ability, ultimate and legendary is in the wiki.

The Grimoire

Words of power

Type these in the live chat. The ! is optional: join and !join both work.

joinEnter the next round with a random class.
join magePick a class. Add a race and a style in any order: join dwarf rogue cautious.
style aggressiveHow readily your hero picks fights: aggressive, balanced or cautious.
meHighlight your hero and point the camera at it.
statsYour wins, kills and best finish.
1 / 2 / 3Vote while a chaos vote is on screen.
cheer NAMEWhen enough of chat cheers, that hero is healed and hits harder for a while.
boo NAMEWhen enough of chat boos, that hero is slowed.
bounty NAMEPut a price on a hero. Rivals hunt them, and whoever lands the kill earns big XP.
dropFill the supply-drop meter. When it's full, a crate of rare loot lands in the safe zone.
pick NAMEPredict the winner before half the heroes are down. The winner screen shows who called it.
leaveStop playing. Type join to come back.