Shard Squad is back - in a completely new genre. 

We’re excited to reveal Shard Squad: Onyx Rising, a new roguelike auto-battler from The Root Studios, set in the universe of the original Shard Squad.
 

This time, you’ll build your squad, create elemental synergies, manage your economy, and navigate branching roguelike paths while hunting down the mysterious Onyx Shards.

Purchase and position elemental Shards, level them up, equip powerful items, and experiment with different team compositions.

Positioning matters. Enemies can disrupt your formation, jump toward distant targets, freeze your characters, and force you to rethink your strategy mid-run.

And losing a battle doesn’t immediately end the run.

Damage persists between encounters, meaning you may face the same wounded enemy squad again while managing the health of your own team.

Bench injured Shards, choose safer routes, take risks, and decide when to spend your resources.

Onyx Rising features:

• 100+ Relics

• 100+ pieces of equipment

• 15+ consumables

• Branching maps with battles, elites, events, shops, campfires, treasures, and bosses

• Multiple difficulty levels

• Elemental synergies across Fire, Electric, Water, Nature, Crystal, Prismatic, Ice, Wind, and Onyx

• Asynchronous multiplayer with rankings

Your items, economy, positioning, and route choices can completely change how each run plays out.

The story continues after the events of the original Shard Squad.

The mysterious Onyx Shards, responsible for the Desoulment, are now at the center of the conflict.

Returning protagonist Sid will face new threats — including Drax, his rival and one of the new recruitable Shards joining the roster.

All original Shards return alongside a new generation of characters.

Onyx Rising combines pixel-art characters with fully 3D environments, giving the world a new HD-2D-inspired presentation while keeping the colorful creature designs of the original game.

Shard Squad: Onyx Rising is coming to PC via Steam. Release date to be announced.

About The Root Studios

The Root Studios is an independent Brazilian game developer focused on colorful worlds, expressive characters, and replayable gameplay systems.