The Xbox Partner Preview unveiled Erosion, a new title from publisher Lyrical Games and developer Plot Twist, showcasing an open-world roguelike set in a dystopian Wild West.
The team-up of publisher Lyrical Games (known for Valor Mortis and Ghostrunner) and developer Plot Twist has revealed their latest venture at the Xbox Partner Preview Showcase today, and they’re bringing an open-world roguelike with a mechanic that ages the world a whole decade when you die. It’s called Erosion, and the core mechanic is not dissimilar to Sifu, but instead of the character facing his own mortality, the world around him changes significantly. Lyrical Games has released a reveal trailer (seen in the Xbox Partner Preview), and it can be seen below.
In Erosion, players find themselves in a dystopian future where a sentient rock formation called “the Pillar” is consuming civilization piece by piece. Eventually, everything will erode away, so players are made to descend into the mysterious Pillar to battle through chaotic, fully destructible dungeons in twin stick shooting mayhem. Erosion pits the player against time, fighting to get one step closer to saving the protagonist’s daughter or losing her entirely to time itself. Every decision changes the story, and every death takes a whole decade of time off the clock. You can potentially meet your daughter at many stages of their life.
The protagonist’s daughter isn’t the only thing that changes in Erosion. After a single death, a once-peaceful farm is now a cultist compound worshipping the Great Ol’ Rooster. You can help a store owner, and not only will they remember you helped, but they’ve also built an empire. Player choices echo across decades, transforming factions, townsfolk, and entire regions.
Erosion inserts the player in a dystopian Wild West-style open world, seeping with quests to undertake and oodles of weaponry to find. There are many weapons and abilities players can loot from the wasteland, and build possibilities are numerous, ranging from letting players draw a bow as a wieldy archer, to commanding an army of cats; it’s up to the player.
Erosion will launch Spring 2026 in Early Access on Steam, Xbox on PC and Game Pass, and more information can be found on the official Lyrical Games website.
