Battle-Top Roguelite Wiki

What is Slayblade?

An overview of Slayblade — a single-player battle-top roguelite with more than 60 Blade Parts, a colorful Y2K city, cash progression and runs that…

Slayblade is a single-player, run-based battle-top roguelite developed by Henry’s House and Oscar Brittain and published by Henry’s House. You build a customized spinning top, battle it around a colorful miniature city, earn cash from victories and spend it on new parts that can dramatically change how your Slayblade behaves.

It sold itself as a compact, replayable experience — not a large story campaign and not a multiplayer competitive game. The whole game can be played with a mouse and left-click, and it carries a playful Y2K street aesthetic.

The quick facts

  • Developer — Henry’s House / Oscar Brittain
  • Publisher — Henry’s House
  • Platform — Windows PC via Steam
  • Genre — Battle-Top Roguelite
  • Release date — August 20, 2026
  • Blade Parts — more than 60 collectible parts
  • Achievements — 50 Steam achievements

The basics

You control a battle top in short arena fights against opponents who are just as eager to battle as you are. Win money, buy better parts, combine their powers and climb toward the championship. Every run can feel different because the parts you buy and the way their effects stack change the outcome.

The game pairs simple, physics-driven battles with three-part builds — a head, a body and a tip — and a roster of collectible parts whose active abilities trigger when you drive your blade into a power-up cube. More than 60 parts are available at launch, and the full game roughly doubled the content of the demo.

Where it fits

Slayblade sits in a fresh corner of the genre — a Beyblade-inspired roguelite in the style of street-culture Y2K magazines. It has been compared to classic “be your top and battle the town” handheld games, and reviewers have described it as a Tony Hawk-style arcade energy applied to spinning tops. It is not a narrative-heavy game; the story frame is a light setup — your father vanished after inventing a blade with unlimited spin, and winning the championship is the path to discovering why.