Guns & Dragons, the solo or co-op (up to 4 players) FPS roguelite from South Korean studio ABUTTON, has a free public playtest open on Steam and the Epic Games Store, with a new Chapter 2: The Cursed Forest.
Video: "Guns & Dragons | Chapter 2: The Cursed Forest – Official Trailer", Guns & Dragons (official channel), released with the playtest on November 9, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cUv4i9pbw4
The facts in short:
- Dates: from November 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM until Monday, November 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM Paris time (the developer says "midnight PST" at the end of November 22, i.e. 5:00 PM KST on November 23).
- How to join: "Request Access" on the Steam page, then install the playtest from your library; or join via the Epic Games Store. PC only.
- More than 45 guns and bows. Skills now level up through related upgrades, and runes and artifacts change every run.
- Cursed Forest: you destroy parasitic spores before they mature so that fewer monsters spawn, bounce on mushrooms, shoot fruit that turns into platforms, and in co-op launch off flowers summoned by a teammate.
- 10 languages including French (interface). This is a development build; ABUTTON says feedback will shape the final game. No release date has been announced (Steam: "Coming soon").
Questions for players:
- Solo or 4-player co-op: which feels better balanced in this test, given that bosses are tuned for groups?
- Which weapon did you end up building around (shotgun, revolver, longbow, crossbow…), and which upgrade turned it into a "different weapon"?
- Spore events: do you rush to clear them, or explore at your own pace and accept more monsters?
- If you played the Chapter 1 tests: is the new start (tutorials, minimap, faster movement) really easier?
Sources: Steam news (ABUTTON, November 8, 2026): https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4687860/view/680766470739722395
ABUTTON press release via TriplePoint (November 9, 2026): https://pressreleases.triplepointpr.com/2026/11/09/co-op-fps-roguelite-guns-dragons-opens-free-playtest-on-steam-and-the-epic-games-store-debuting-a-new-cursed-forest-chapter/
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4687860/Guns_and_Dragons/
Image: official Guns & Dragons screenshot (Cursed Forest portal, first-person view), 1920 x 1080, Steam, © ABUTTON Inc.