Two of Mewgenics' most memorable areas were directly inspired by a brutal and brilliant tabletop RPG

Two of Mewgenics’ most memorable areas were directly inspired by a brutal and brilliant tabletop RPG | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders design director says players ‘never worked together’ in testing, but the emergence of care bear lobbies ‘encourages us to lean toward giving opportunities to have friendly interactions’ RPG ‘We lost things such as physics in games:’ The dev behind my most anticipated RPG thinks players are craving more interactive games, not just ‘moving around in a static 3D environment’ Card Game If you’ve ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs Horror ‘Art and science and procreation, that’s about all life is good for:’ Two former freeware developers are still trying to keep it weird in an era when companies ‘sell games to people in 5-second clips’ Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out MMO Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies RPG YouTuber hosts battle royale between 4 wizards from 4 different TTRPG systems—and boy does it end almost immediately, despite the DM’s best efforts Roguelike To celebrate 2 years of Balatro, creator LocalThunk reflected on dropping out of an engineering program to make games: ‘Even if I could warn myself I’m not sure what I could have said to prepare for the insanity’ Roguelike Mewgenics sells 1 million copies in just 1 week, far more than its creators expected: ‘We both got a bit blindsided by this’ Roguelike Best Mewgenics classes and how to unlock all collars RPG This musical RPG is doing important work by letting you beat up music snobs, but I really stuck around for the painful (brilliant) puns Roguelike Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen says ‘people need to get more creative with their hate’ in response to disappointment over controversial cameo meows Roguelike Mewgenics DLC is coming, but Edmund McMillen says he and co-creator Tyler Glaiel want to take a few months to ‘fully understand what people really like about the game’ before they start on it Roguelike Mewgenics review: The creator of The Binding of Isaac has transcended his own past work with this sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike Roguelike Mewgenics breeding tips to create the best cat army PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games Roguelike Mewgenics Two of Mewgenics’ most memorable areas were directly inspired by a brutal and brilliant tabletop RPG News By Robin Valentine published 24 February 2026 Can you fit a cat through a funnel? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Easily the biggest influence on how I’ve run tabletop RPG campaigns over the last few years has been the OSR movement. Short for Old School Renaissance (or Old School Revival, depending on who you ask), it’s a subgenre of games that look back on the origins of D&D and bring forward ideas that had become unpopular in the modern hobby—such as lethal dungeons, morally grey heroes, and an emphasis on player problem-solving over stats and rolls.Apparently it’s also been a big influence on the best game of the year so far, Mewgenics—with one specific element having inspired two of the game’s most memorable areas.Edmund McMillen has previously mentioned the OSR TTRPG Dungeon Crawl Classics being a touchstone during development, and co-developer Tyler Glaiel has gotten a little more specific on his X account. “The Desert and The Lab are both kind of intended to act like a level 0 funnel,” he says. Related articles Mewgenics provides the best proof yet that the turn-based tactics genre is the true home of drama and excitement in gaming Mewgenics review: The creator of The Binding of Isaac has transcended his own past work with this sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike ‘We have made back our development budget after 3 hours’: Mewgenics explodes to number one Steam seller 14 years after its announcement The Desert and The Lab are both kind of intended to act like a Level 0 Funnel (which is a thing