You know those mobile adverts where somebody runs through a gate, picks an upgrade and somehow makes the worst possible decision every single time? KORRIDOR has taken that familiar setup and built a proper roguelike shooter around it. TinyToad’s debut game launches on Steam on 18 November, published by TARK.
The setting swaps cheerful advert nonsense for moody catacombs packed with demons. You fight forward, collect upgrades and develop a build as the run unfolds, with deliberately simple controls keeping the immediate action focused. Between levels, runes and shop purchases give you more ways to shape what happens next.
The full game promises more than a sequence of increasingly large damage numbers. There are hidden treasures, secret interactions and wider puzzles for players who pay attention to the environment. That gives the catacombs a second purpose beyond being somewhere unpleasant to funnel enemies towards your weapons.
TinyToad is also leaning into the soundtrack, with a custom 45-minute electro-metal score designed to evolve alongside the action. Six boss fights and bursts of incoming demons provide the obvious opportunities for it to get rather loud. If subtle background ambience is your preferred accompaniment to a gaming session, this may require a small adjustment.
For anyone more interested in pushing a build until it becomes completely unreasonable, an accelerating endless mode adds leaderboards and increasingly frantic survival. The combination of runes, shop items and simple inputs is intended to keep the first steps approachable while leaving plenty of room to experiment.
A free demo is already available on the official Steam page, including the tutorial, the first level and a boss fight. That should be enough to find out whether the gates-shooter idea appeals when somebody finally lets you make the decisions yourself. The full release follows on 18 November, with no price confirmed in today’s announcement.