You’ve found an old computer, a collection of floppy disks, and absolutely no idea what you’re about to play. One disk contains a bloody roguelike, filled with enemies desperate to kill you. Another has you hacking into computer networks, while the others offer arcade racing and mysterious signals from outer space.
ATTAQ Arcade Collection is bringing its unusual assortment of games to October’s Steam Next Fest. Developed by ATTAQ, this retro-inspired collection puts four different experiences inside an interactive desktop launcher, complete with floppy disks you can insert into an old computer to discover what’s hiding inside.
There’s a little something for everyone here, although roguelike fans might want to reach for the bloodstained disk first.
Blood Rewind: One More Run Before Bed
The first game, Blood Rewind, is a fast-paced pixel-art roguelike where surviving an increasingly angry collection of enemies is your main concern. You’ll begin with relatively modest equipment, fighting through waves of attackers while collecting upgrades that gradually turn your character into a much more dangerous opponent. Weapons become stronger, new abilities enter the mix, and helper drones can join the action to give you some additional firepower.
Before long, the screen could be filled with enemies, projectiles, and enough incoming attacks to make finding a safe place to stand a challenge. The trick is making the most of whatever upgrades you collect, experimenting with different combinations to see which ones give you the best chance of surviving the next wave.
Blood Rewind has an estimated playtime of 50-90 minutes, so it’s designed to deliver a relatively compact roguelike experience. Whether you’ll actually stop playing after 90 minutes is another question.
Type Type Teo: Your Keyboard Is Your Weapon
Next up is Type Type Teo, which swaps guns and monsters for computer networks, suspicious messages, and a keyboard that’s about to get a serious workout.
You’re working as the operator of a hacking squad, breaking into networks by typing the text displayed on your screen. Each successful entry moves you farther through the system, so speed and accuracy are going to be important. The catch is that you’re not typing ordinary practice sentences.
Instead, you’ll encounter forum discussions, private messages, system logs, and other fragments of information pulled from the darker corners of the internet. As you progress, those messages begin revealing a much more troubling picture of the networks you’re exploring.
What starts as a typing challenge gradually becomes a mystery, encouraging you to pay attention to the information appearing on screen rather than simply hammering away at the keyboard. It’s certainly a more interesting way to practice your typing skills than repeatedly writing about quick brown foxes.
Glitch Racers: Drive Fast, Shoot First
Had enough of typing? Glitch Racers offers a chance to put the keyboard through a different kind of punishment. This old-school arcade racer is built around fast races, tight overtakes, shooting, crashing, and chasing increasingly better times.
You’ll compete against other drivers, learn the tracks, and try to improve your performance with each attempt. A good run could see you speeding past the competition, while one badly timed maneuver might send your plans straight into a wall. There’s also local two-player support, allowing you to challenge a friend on the same PC. That should make things interesting when somebody discovers that shooting their opponent is a perfectly acceptable alternative to overtaking them.
With an estimated playtime of 25-60 minutes, Glitch Racers is another bite-sized experience, although competitive players might find themselves restarting until they’ve claimed the fastest time.
Zen Signal: Is Anybody Out There?
The final disk contains Zen Signal, a relaxing incremental clicker about detecting mysterious transmissions from space. You’ll operate equipment designed to pick up distant signals, gradually upgrading your setup to improve its capabilities. As you make progress, you’ll begin uncovering messages connected to the crew of a missing space expedition.
What happened to them? Where are these transmissions coming from? Why are their messages still reaching your equipment?
Those questions give you something to investigate while you work through the game’s upgrades, turning a simple signal-catching exercise into a small science-fiction mystery.
With an estimated playtime of 30-40 minutes, it’s the shortest game in the collection and a welcome change of pace after the bloodshed, hacking, and racing. Although whether listening to mysterious messages from a missing expedition is actually relaxing remains open for debate.
Four Games, One Very Interesting Floppy Disk Collection
ATTAQ Arcade Collection doesn’t have a confirmed release date yet. ATTAQ does plans to expand the experience over time, introducing additional floppy disks containing new games, alternate versions, experimental projects, and hidden surprises. It’s an entertaining concept that gives smaller games their own little home, with the retro computer making the process of discovering them part of the fun.
Whether you’re here for Blood Rewind’s roguelike action or simply fancy seeing what else is hiding on the desk, there are four very different experiences waiting to be booted up.