{"id":26850,"date":"2026-11-09T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/?p=26850"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:55:26","slug":"pigeons-must-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/en-gb\/pigeons-must-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigeons Must Die! Is a Subway Roguelite Where Your Weapons Fire Themselves and Some Pigeons Smoke, With a Free Steam Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Pigeons Must Die!<\/strong> is a wave-based arena roguelite set in a subway station overrun by hostile pigeons<\/strong>. Your weapons fire on their own while you keep moving, roll out of danger and pick a path through the flock, then you spend the Feathers you earn building a bigger arsenal between waves. It’s made by solo developer Dylan of Decaf Bagel Games<\/strong>, it’s coming to PC on Steam with no release date yet, and a free demo is out now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This is an Indie Spotlight, not a review: we haven’t played it. Here’s what the developer has shown and told us.<\/p>\n

Pigeons Must Die! at a glance<\/h2>\n\n
Release date<\/strong><\/td>Coming soon (no date announced)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Demo<\/strong><\/td>Free on Steam since 6 October 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n
Platform<\/strong><\/td>PC on Steam: Windows and Linux (SteamOS)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Developer \/ publisher<\/strong><\/td>Decaf Bagel Games (solo developer Dylan)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Genre<\/strong><\/td>Wave-based arena roguelite with auto-firing weapons<\/td><\/tr>\n
Players<\/strong><\/td>Single-player<\/td><\/tr>\n
Languages<\/strong><\/td>English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese<\/td><\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>Not announced<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n

What is Pigeons Must Die?<\/h2>\n

The Steam page sums it up: the pigeons have taken over the subway, they’re loud and filthy, and they outnumber you, so it’s a good thing your weapons do the attacking. A run is 20 escalating waves<\/strong>. You steer and dodge while your loadout fires automatically, the same hands-off shooting that games like Vampire Survivors made popular, and the store description warns that some of the pigeons smoke.<\/p>\n

How do you build a loadout?<\/h2>\n

Between waves you spend Feathers<\/strong> in a shop of weapons, support runes and trinkets. You can reroll for new offers, lock an item you want to keep, or combine matching weapons to make a favourite stronger. Dylan describes it as fusing duplicates into stronger ones.<\/p>\n