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SKROLL Turns Infinite Scrolling Into a Dark Comedy Survival Roguelike
SKROLL is an upcoming Steam roguelike about surviving infinite scrolling by managing dopamine, battery, sleep, sanity, and an algorithm that keeps demanding more.
SKROLL, an upcoming indie strategy roguelike from Emilio Rivas, Luis Suárez, and Rubén García, is planned for release on Steam in 2026. Published by CYCLOPS GAMES, the game turns social-media addiction into a satirical survival loop where players manage dopami
A new indie game on Steam is turning one of modern life’s most familiar habits into a survival system. SKROLL is an upcoming strategy roguelike about infinite scrolling, dopamine loops, and the feeling of being trapped by your own phone. The game is developed by Emilio Rivas, Luis Suárez, and Rubén García, published by CYCLOPS GAMES, and currently planned for release in 2026.
SKROLL - Official Announcement Trailer
The Steam listing describes SKROLL as a survival roguelike where “your own brain is your worst enemy.” The setup is bleakly funny: every day, the player wakes up with a demand to hit a dopamine quota. The only tool available is a phone, and the only way forward is to scroll through an endless feed while trying not to collapse under the rising demands of the brain, the algorithm, and the phone’s shrinking battery.
Mechanically, SKROLL is built around resource management. Players need to balance dopamine, battery, sleep, and sanity. Each run becomes a fight to survive one more cycle as the quota rises and the feed becomes more aggressive. That structure turns a familiar real-world behavior into a strategic pressure cooker: every scroll might help in the short term, but the long-term costs keep stacking up.
The most interesting system appears to be the feed itself. Steam says each video has unique effects that can shape the player’s survival strategy. There are eight content categories, each with different mechanics and playstyles, plus 100+ unique videos with effects that can change a run. The game also includes a dopamine multiplier system with activation conditions and duration rules, giving players ways to chase bigger rewards while taking on more risk.
That gives SKROLL a more tactical identity than the joke premise might suggest. Instead of simply saying “phones are bad,” the game appears to turn recommendation systems into a roguelike build engine. Players can like or report content to influence what appears in the feed, but Steam warns that every decision carries a price. That is a strong satirical mechanic: the same actions players use to “control” the algorithm may also deepen their dependence on it.
The store tags reinforce that tone. SKROLL is tagged as Strategy, Roguelike, Roguelite, First-Person, Management, Dark Comedy, Psychological, Satire, Resource Management, Permadeath, Multiple Endings, and Singleplayer. Store tags can change over time and are partly user-defined, but they give a useful snapshot of how the game is being positioned: not just a comedy clicker, but a dark systems-driven survival game about compulsion and control.
Confirmed Steam features currently include single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. Language support is listed for English and Spanish – Spain, with interface and subtitles for both languages. The page does not list full audio support. There are no user reviews yet because the game has not launched.
The PC requirements are modest. Minimum specs list Windows 7/8/10/11 x64, an Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD FX-4350, 4 GB RAM, a GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7850, DirectX 11, and 2 GB of storage. Steam also notes that the Steam client only supports Windows 10 and later from January 1, 2024, so players should treat older Windows listings carefully when planning purchases.
What is not confirmed yet is equally important. The Steam page does not list a specific release date beyond 2026, price, demo, exact run length, Steam Deck status, controller support, number of endings, accessibility options, or whether the game will launch on platforms outside PC. For now, the safest confirmed details are the 2026 Steam release window, developer and publisher credits, core resource-management loop, content-category system, algorithm manipulation, language support, and minimum PC requirements.
For players who enjoy strange indie strategy games, SKROLL could be one to watch. Its hook is instantly understandable, but the systems underneath sound more layered than a simple parody. If the developers can make the feed feel unpredictable, tempting, and dangerous, SKROLL could turn a familiar bad habit into a sharp roguelike loop.
