MIRE

A co-op survival roguelike on a drowning island.

Status: In development
Platforms: Mac, Windows
Started: 2026
Built with: Unreal Engine 5, C++, Steamworks, Blender

Why I made it

MIRE started as a small Godot prototype and became the main game when I moved it to Unreal. Early playtests said it offered plenty of actions but little reason to do them, so the design was rebuilt around one promise: build a foothold on an island being swallowed by the Mire, hold it through the night, and shut down the source.

What it does

Start with bare hands: branches and fibre first, then an axe, a pick, and fire.
Five wellsprings to cap, each holding back a corruption front that advances every cycle.
A day and night clock the Mire follows. Your base is whatever you've built when it arrives.
Drop-in co-op for up to six players over Steam.
Harvesting by tool tier: bare hands, stone, then iron.
Craft in your pack or at stations. Buildings have their own hit points.
The island's shape is fixed; what stands on it is generated for each run.

Screenshots

Under the hood

Host-authoritative multiplayer written in C++. Clients only own their input and movement prediction; inventory, crafting, AI, damage and loot are checked on the host.
Mac and Windows builds come from the same commit. Windows compiles in a VM and both upload to Steam from the Mac.
All the store art is cut from two Blender renders built by script from the game's own models.