{"id":136306,"date":"2026-03-03T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198213"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:30:00","slug":"rotwood-brings-serious-absolum-vibes-with-a-shadow-drop-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/03\/rotwood-brings-serious-absolum-vibes-with-a-shadow-drop-on-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotwood Brings Serious Absolum Vibes With A Shadow Drop On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/583299db0ce2b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/583299db0ce2b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/583299db0ce2b\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"icinztdvdlk\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/icinztdvdlk?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Developer and publisher Klei Entertainment has <del>announced<\/del> released its new game on the Switch 2 as part of Nintendo&#8217;s Indie World presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/rotwood\">Rotwood<\/a> is a gorgeous roguelike action brawler with more than a few nods to 2025&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/absolum\">Absolum<\/a> (and that can only be a good thing!). With support for up to three additional players either via local or online connection, you&#8217;ll face off against an onslaught of vicious foes across seven unique locations.<\/p>\n<p>With a keen focus on learning combos, button mashing won&#8217;t do the trick here, so like any good side-scrolling beat &#8217;em up, you&#8217;ll need to spend some time learning the ropes and finding the most efficient way to deal with your enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Klei Entertainment is, of course, well known for its work on the survival title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/dont_starve_together\">Don&#8217;t Starve<\/a>, and also released the well-received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/griftlands\">Griftlands<\/a> for the Switch back in 2021. During the same year, it agreed to be acquired by Chinese company Tencent, though the studio stresses that it retains control over its games.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Klei Entertainment<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:109936 @ 1772614509 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Are you keen to try out Rotwood on the Switch 2? What do you make of the trailer? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Developer and publisher Klei Entertainment has announced released its new game on the Switch 2 as part of Nintendo&#8217;s Indie World presentation. Yes, Rotwood is a gorgeous roguelike action brawler with more than a few nods to 2025&#8217;s Absolum (and that can only be a good thing!). With support for up to three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}