A love letter to fighting games and arcade classics, Poly Fighter puts a roguelike spin on the one-on-one fighter
Montreal, Canada — October 13, 2026 — Independent Montreal-based studio HeartLoop Games is excited to announce that its debut title, single-player roguelike fighting game Poly Fighter, is out today in Early Access on Steam.Â
Developed as a love letter to fighting games and arcade classics, Poly Fighter combines the fast-paced action of one-on-one fighting games with the unpredictable progression and build experimentation of a roguelike. Players fight their way through a high-stakes underground league, defeating opponents, taking their moves, and combining abilities to create different fighters, leading to wild new potential combos and setup options in each run.
With Poly Fighter now available in Early Access, HeartLoop Games is inviting players to jump into the game, challenge other fighters in Heartville, and help shape Poly Fighter’s future as development continues.Â
“Poly Fighter has been a passion project for us from the beginning, and seeing players finally get their hands on it is incredibly exciting,” said Osama Dorias, Creative Director. “We built the game as a love letter to the fighting games and arcade classics we grew up with, but with a roguelike twist that lets players experiment with a huge number of different builds. Early Access is the next step in that journey, and we’re really looking forward to seeing players’ experiences.”Â
Key Features:
- Fight, adapt, and repeat: Battle your way through a high-stakes underground league in tense one-on-one fights, choosing opponents, climbing the ranks, and facing increasingly powerful rivals and secret bosses.
- Adopt moves and build your perfect fighter: Defeat opponents to earn new abilities, then swap, chain, and upgrade them to create devastating synergies and an ever-evolving fighting style.
- Create wildly different builds every run: Experiment with everything from super-armoured tanks and relentless rushdown fighters to zoning specialists and chaotic projectile-heavy machines in a roguelike twist on the classic fighting game formula.
- Accessible to newcomers, challenging for veterans: Choose between modern, approachable controls and nostalgic motion inputs, with stylish combos that are easy to pick up and thousands of possible move interactions to master.
- A retro-cool aesthetic built for solo players: Experience high-stakes duels and replayable build experimentation without the pressure of ranked ladders or online competition, brought to life with snappy animations and a banging soundtrack.
Poly Fighter is now out in Early Access on Steam. Join the community on Discord and follow HeartLoop Games as development continues.
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 About HeartLoop Games
HeartLoop is an exciting new indie studio based in Montreal, Canada and founded by a bunch of old friends who still get excited about making cool stuff together. We love games: playing them, talking about them, and especially creating them. Our approach is simple: build things step-by-step, share them with players early, and stay flexible so the game can evolve into the best version of itself. Most of all, we are making Poly Fighter because it is the kind of game we would love to play ourselves. Montreal can be a very cold place, but we are very warm people
