For Immediate Release
August 4, 2026
Newmarket, UK - August 4, 2026 | Arganoid Industries is thrilled to announce that their surreal 2.5D roguelike racer, Reality Drift, has been selected for the Tiny Teams 2026 festival.
Ahead of the festival's launch on August 6, the studio has released a brand-new gameplay trailer, striking new key art, and a massive update to the game's public demo.
Combining trippy visuals with a level of strategic depth rarely seen in the arcade racing genre, the updated demo showcases significant graphical and gameplay improvements as Arganoid Industries gears up for a full Steam release in Q4 2026.
Lead developer Andrew Gillett told a group of crows “After nearly 30 years in the industry, this is the best game I’ve ever worked on, so I’m excited to see what the public will make of it”.
He later told some different crows "If people aren't questioning my sanity when they play my games, I'm not doing my job properly".
About Reality Drift
Reality Drift is a strategic roguelike racing game in which players drive through a series of strange worlds including Heaven, Hell and Cat Land. Their goal is to be the first to deliver packages to obnoxious godlike creatures who have nothing but disdain for them. Throughout each race, choices must be made between upgrades, tracks and cards. Driving well is not enough - to win, players must make the right choices.
New features highlighted in demo and trailer
Since the game’s original announcement and trailer in September 2024, many enhancements have been made to both the gameplay and the visuals. The most notable addition to the game has been missions which include roguelike deckbuilding - a feature which took considerable time to make work for a racing game. Other new mission types included in the new trailer and demo are:
- The player collects coins and spends them at shops during the race (on stat upgrades or cards)
- The player has access to weapons, including the “Orbital Whale” inspired by The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- The player chooses a relic at the start of a race, which acts as a powerful modifier to the rules
About Arganoid Industries
Arganoid Industries was founded in 2018 by Andrew Gillett, a videogame industry veteran who previously worked at Frontier on games such as RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Dog's Life, Thrillville, LostWinds 2, Kinectimals and Elite Dangerous. He has also worked with Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton on the Code the Classics series of books. Reality Drift’s lead artist is Shannon Fowler, aka Emily L’Orange, based in the US; this is her first videogame.
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MEDIA CONTACT
Andrew Gillett
industries@arganoid.com
https://industries.arganoid.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/arganoid.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gillett-04571a202/
Game: Reality Drift
Genre: Racing, Roguelike
Release Date: Q4 2026
Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Ukrainian
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