Quebec, Canada - May 28, 2025 - Nine Dots Studio announces that their upcoming roguelike, Lost in Prayer—where anything that kills you becomes playable—will launch in Early Access on July 15.
A demo is already available on Steam, featuring the first three levels in both Hell and Heaven, with 26 playable characters.
Lost in Prayer is a tactical turn-based Roguelike where you need to use masterful combos to survive. When you die, you unlock the creature that kills you for your future runs.
In other words, every enemy you face can become a playable character with its own stats and skills.
“We aren’t risking over a million dollars on this super niche subgenre just for fun. I’ve been enamored with traditional roguelikes for over a decade and I’ve been lamenting how so few people get to appreciate the gems within the genre due to their rough presentation and steep learning curves. Lost in Prayer has been in the back of my head for 14 years, a collection of solutions to the genre’s problems without diluting its essence. Whether or not the game ends up profitable, that game HAD to exist.” - says Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, CEO and Creative Director at Nine Dots.
Key Features:
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Play as Your Killer: In Lost In Prayer, every enemy you see is in fact a playable creature if you die to it - but what if you die from something else than the enemy in front of you?
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Hell and Heaven: We know the beginning of Roguelike runs can get really repetitive, really fast, so we're cutting this problem in half by offering two paths: Hell or Heaven. Each packed with its dangers and dwellers!
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Master Tactical combos: The odds are stacked against you in Lost in Prayer, so you need to gain the upper hand by abusing your environment or clever combinations of your abilities
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A fresh progression system - Morality System : We got rid of the traditional RPG skill point system, where you blindly invest in stereotypical attributes like strength for warriors or agility for rogues.. Instead, we’re challenging players to find the right balance between Sins & Virtues, each offering both strength and drawbacks
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Extensive skill system : Each character comes with its unique skill tree, and multiple playstyles to explore. Getting out of Purgatory depends on crafting deadly combos and thinking several turns ahead.
Early Access - What to expect on July 15th
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5 levels in Hell and 5 levels Heaven with their unique inhabitants and traps to discover.
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30 playable characters.
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Tons of loot & hundreds of items to equip.
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Hundreds of hours of playtime to master and unlock all characters.
Trailer link : https://youtu.be/QdvectolqLw
Press contact: mvitoux@ninedotsstudio.com (Interviews welcome!)
About Nine Dots Studio
Nine Dots creates and publishes games aimed at passionate gamers with sophisticated tastes.
Creator of million-plus seller title Outward, an ARPG with survival elements focusing on giving a deeply human experience.
Nine Dots Studio is now working on its sequel, Outward 2, and the renewal of the Traditional Roguelike genre with Lost in Prayer.
Nine Dots is also the biggest publisher in Quebec and looking for bold projects catering to our audience. Witherbloom, a dungeon-crawler ARPG with survival elements is our first publishing project.
Thanks to refined management practices and a focus on creating the best work environment for the teams, Nine Dots can release games that are not following the industry formula, will shake off players’ habits and will make no compromise to achieve their vision
Nine Dots Studio currently counts 31 employees, all based in Quebec City, Canada.