Games like The Last Flame
Erumaru and The Last Flame
The Last Flame by Hotloop is a roguelike auto battler on Steam, released in 2025 after a year in early access: you recruit a party of heroes, loot and craft gear, combine heroes, items and origins into builds and climb through encounters with a flame that burns down when heroes fall. It is deep, build-focused and single player
What they share
- Single player, PvE, a party of heroes that grows over a run
- Lives for the run: the flame in The Last Flame, Heat in Erumaru
- Thousands of build combinations from heroes, gear and tags
- A map to climb and bosses to break your build on
Where Erumaru goes its own way
- Erumaru keeps the auto chess economy: a shop with a shared pool, refreshes for salt, three copies make a star, synergies at 2, 4 and 6
- A square 11 by 11 board with movement, ranged and melee, mana and abilities, up to 10 heroes a side
- Heroes level to 100 with Dota-style attributes and get an Awakening, items are built from components, perks have three ranks
- A post-apocalyptic world with ten peoples, ten lands and a story for every mechanic
Side by side
| The Last Flame | Erumaru | |
|---|---|---|
| Mode | PvE, single player | PvE, single player |
| One session | a run through a map, endless mode | a roguelite run of 42 floors, 60 to 90 minutes, saved at any node |
| How units grow | gear, crafting, hero traits | stars from copies, levels up to 100, six items, four perks, Awakening |
| Setting | fantasy | post-apocalyptic world, ten peoples, ten lands |
| Price | paid | closed beta free, full price not announced |
| Status | released on Steam | in development, coming to Steam |
Who should try Erumaru
For players who liked The Last Flame's build depth and want the shop-and-stars side of auto chess back in the mix
Questions people ask
Is Erumaru endless like The Last Flame?
After the final boss the Descent begins: floors that keep going with mutations every five floors and a record table. The main run itself is 42 floors