The Loopler is a roguelite deckbuilder about a slot car driving in loops. You pick cards, place gates on the track, and collect charms, and the run ends when you stop being able to make the numbers go up. Developer Mheep describes the goal plainly on the store page as seeing how far you can go “in the pursuit of infinity”.

Chart credential: The Loopler entered the Steam 250 weekly chart as a new entry at #19, with a score of 7.47 from 101 reviews at 95% positive. Released 11 September 2026.

Key features

The track is the board, not the backdrop

Gates are placed into a fixed number of slots on the circuit, so the order you put them in decides the order effects fire. That turns deckbuilding into a positioning problem as well as a drafting one — two players with an identical card pool can end a run hundreds of points apart purely on placement, which is the kind of skill expression most score-chasers only get from card rarity.

Chain reactions you can actually trace

Cards trigger from several sources at once: passive multipliers, ghost cars, dice rolls, and other cards. Because the car visibly completes a lap between triggers, a chain is something you watch unfold rather than read in a combat log. That visibility is why the build-craft lands — you can see which gate broke the chain and fix it next run, instead of rebuilding blind.

Charms separate the run from the meta

Charms stack as passive modifiers on top of the drafted deck. Splitting power between a deck you rebuild every run and charms you accumulate means a bad draft is survivable, which keeps the failure state honest: you lose because your build had a ceiling, not because the first three cards were junk.

Where to find The Loopler

The Loopler is available on Steam for $8.99, discounted 10 percent from a $9.99 list price at the time of writing. It supports single-player only, with Steam Achievements, full controller support and a mouse-only option. Buy The Loopler on Steam.

Frequently asked questions

How much does The Loopler cost?

The Loopler is 8.99 dollars on Steam at the time of writing, a 10 percent discount from its 9.99 dollars list price.

Is The Loopler a roguelike or a deckbuilder?

Both. It is a roguelite deckbuilder: you draft a deck of cards each run, the run ends when you can no longer progress, and permanent charms carry between attempts.

Does The Loopler have multiplayer?

No. The Loopler is single-player only. It does include Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud saves and stats tracking.

Is The Loopler good on Steam Deck?

The game has full controller support and a touch-only option listed on its Steam page, which are the two features that matter most for handheld play. Valve had not published a Steam Deck compatibility rating for it at the time of writing.

Who made The Loopler?

The Loopler was developed by Mheep and published by Mheep together with Zero Percent. It released on Steam on 11 September 2026.