About Archerogue
Archerogue is a survival action roguelite you play in the browser. There is nothing to install. Open the site, enter the lobby, and start an adventure.
What is Archerogue?
You control an archer in a forest that never stops sending enemies. You choose where to walk. Attacks fire on their own at nearby targets. The goal of every run is simple: survive as long as you can, gather power, and leave the field stronger than when you entered.
A run is one adventure from the first skill choice until you fall or return to the lobby. There is no final stage to “clear.” Pressure rises with the clock: more enemies, faster threats, mid-bosses, final bosses, shaman calamities, and timed events.
Survive and Grow
Gold dropped by enemies and chests is yours as soon as you pick it up. It stays after death. In the lobby you spend Gold on basic upgrades such as Attack, Max HP, Pierce, Range, Atk Speed, Move Speed, Gold Gain, and Boss Damage. Luck is a separate basic upgrade paid with Ruby. Those lobby upgrades apply to future runs until a successful Rebirth resets Gold-bought training.
During a run you also collect Growth Orbs. Orbs only last for that adventure. They add extra Attack, HP, speed, crit, magnet, and other stats on top of your lobby training. Treasure chests can drop potions, Gold, Rubies, orbs, or a magnet that pulls leftover Gold.
Skills and Combat
Combat is automatic. You do not click to shoot. The archer aims at the nearest valid target in range and fires on a cooldown. Skills add extra automatic effects: extra arrows, orbiting fireballs, storms, blades, ice, meteors, and more.
When a run starts, the game offers three random skills from a pool of fourteen. You pick one. That first choice happens before the fight begins. Later skill choices are not experience-bar level-ups. After you defeat a mid-boss or a final boss, you choose again from three cards. You can hold up to five different skills in one run, and each skill can reach level 5.
If you already have five skills, new cards upgrade those skills (or offer orbs if everything is already maxed). Leaving the run ends the skill set. The next adventure starts from a fresh first choice.
Bosses, Calamities and Events
Mid-bosses are oversized versions of regular enemies. They carry a Growth Orb and extra loot. Final bosses use four named forms: Orc Chief, Skeleton Chief, Goblin King, and Slime King. Defeating either a mid-boss or a final boss is what opens the next skill selection.
Calamities are shaman threats with unique hazards: swamp slow fields, screen-wide blood hits, cross seals, pursuit bombs, arrow barrages, and stun circles. Separate timed events include hound ambushes, boar stampedes, wisp parades, crow vortices, and rotating rifts. Some event creatures can be fought; the crow vortex cannot be damaged by your attacks and is meant to be survived by movement.
Rebirth and Permanent Progression
Rebirth is the long-term loop. It unlocks when your best survival time in the current life reaches five minutes. While you play, a Rebirth Score builds from the enemies you defeat. A failed run does not wipe that score. When you actually Rebirth from the lobby, the score converts into Emeralds, then the score resets.
A successful Rebirth clears Gold and Gold-bought basic upgrades. Rubies, Luck, Emeralds, and Rebirth upgrades stay. You then spend Emeralds on permanent bonuses such as extra Attack, Max HP, Crit Chance, Magnet, regen, Range, damage reduction, evasion, Gold discounts, and starting Gold.
Sign-in is required to Rebirth. Guest play still works for ordinary runs; Cloud Save and public rankings are optional extras for Google accounts.
Online Features
You can play as a guest with progress stored in this browser. Optional Google sign-in can keep progression on your account, set a nickname, and join rankings. Rankings compare best survival time and lifetime enemy defeats. Records in the lobby track playtime, kills, bosses, chests, and other lifetime stats. Daily rewards, mailbox collection, a language-separated board, and optional Ruby sharing are available to signed-in players who meet each feature’s requirements.
For controls and the first-run sequence, read How to Play. For numbers, skill levels, and systems in detail, open the Game Guide.