Grab your backpack, grab your lucky d6, and don’t let the bedbugs bite. Chugga Games — led by veteran designer Brian Cronin (Monster Train, Inkbound, Natural Selection 2) — has officially launched Slumber Realm, the dice roguelike where your childhood bedroom becomes your fortress, your fears become monsters, and a single roll of the dice sets your entire strategy in motion. It’s live now on Steam — with a 10% launch discount available for the first 10 days.

ONE ROLL, ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES — THE DICE THAT TRIGGERS EVERYTHING

Slumber Realm reimagines the roguelike formula around a brilliantly simple hook: one die roll triggers your entire build. You arrange your backpack — your deck — so that whatever face comes up, cards chain together into cascading combos, devastating hits, and wildly creative synergies. It’s not about hunting for the perfect roll — it’s about building a machine that thrives no matter what number lands face up.

• 30-minute runs — tight, punchy, endlessly replayable
• 150+ cards — from Rusty Nails to Socks Full of Nickels
• 40+ Memories — persistent modifiers that twist and enhance every run
• 35+ Snacks — instant boosts, battle buffs, and fuel for your favourite digital pet
• Dual-Class Drafting — pick any two “Aspects” and merge their card pools. Tactical + Sk8er? Gamer + Tinker? Every pairing creates a completely different playstyle

YOUR BEDROOM, YOUR FORTRESS — UPGRADE, DECORATE, RETURN STRONGER

Between battles, you’re back in your bedroom — a warm, nostalgic ’90s sanctuary where every victory earns you Allowance. Spend it on retro treasures: lava lamps, boomboxes, skate decks, and classic consoles. Each morning, your decorations generate Cool Points — the currency that unlocks new cards, Aspects, enemies, and surprises from your Corkboard. The more you decorate, the deeper your options grow.

THE KNIGHTMARES ARE COMING — FEAR NOT BECAUSE THEY’RE FAMILIAR

What haunts your dreams? In Slumber Realm, it’s not generic demons — it’s the stuff that actually kept you up at night:

• The Lunch Lady — serving seconds whether you want them or not
• Geology Homework — still due, still terrifying
• The Werecoach — making you run laps until you howl
• The Alarm Clock — furious that you’re still in bed
• The Boss of the Sun — cycling between day and night forms as you fight

Each Knightmare has distinct patterns, and beating them unlocks them — or their minions — to appear in future runs, expanding the game’s scope the more you play.

FROM MONSTER TRAIN TO DREAMLAND — BRIAN CRONIN’S NEW VISION

Slumber Realm is the debut project from Chugga Games, an ultrasmall indie studio founded by Brian Cronin — designer behind acclaimed roguelike Monster Train, co-creator of tactical co-op Inkbound, and contributor to classic FPS/RTS Natural Selection 2. Working alongside artist and UX designer Juliana Rabelo, Cronin has built something that carries his signature focus on deep, build-driven strategy — but wrapped it in warmth, humour, and nostalgia.

“Some of the same DNA from Monster Train is here — but this is its own thing. We wanted to make a game where every run feels like a new experiment, where you can build absurd combos that break the rules, and where the world feels like a memory you’re happy to revisit.” — Brian Cronin, Chugga Games

LAUNCH DETAILS AT A GLANCE

ROLL, REST, REPEAT — YOUR DREAMS ARE WAITING

Slumber Realm doesn’t ask you to grind for hours or memorise walls of text. It invites you to experiment, to laugh, to fail, and to try something even more ridiculous next time. Every night you fall asleep, and every morning you wake up stronger — with a new card, a new decoration, or a new combo to dismantle your fears.

Slumber Realm — out now on Steam. The die is cast. Sweet dreams.

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