Press kit · updated 3 September 2026
REELS: Survival Roguelike
A roguelite built on a slot machine, out on iOS since 2 September 2026. The reels drop, your weapons fire on what they land on, and the souls you reap pay a toll to descend. You are not betting money, you are betting your run.
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The details, in one table
| Title | REELS: Survival Roguelike |
|---|---|
| Developer | Illan Knafou, solo |
| Released | 2 September 2026 |
| Platform | iOS 17 and later, iPhone and iPad |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Size | 8.2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+, no advisories |
| Genre | Roguelite, action, role playing |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish |
| Price | Free trial, then one in app purchase unlocks the whole game permanently. Trial progress is kept. |
| Monetisation | No ads, no lives, no continues, no currency, no timers, no subscription |
| Offline | Fully playable offline, no account, no sign in |
| Generative AI | None in the game: art, icon, audio and text are all made by hand |
| App Store, English | apps.apple.com/us |
| App Store, French | apps.apple.com/fr |
| App Store, Spanish | apps.apple.com/es |
| @reels_survival_roguelike | |
| Contact | playreelsios@gmail.com |
| Promo codes | On request, by email, no conditions |
Descriptions, three lengths
One line
REELS is a roguelite built on a slot machine: you are not betting money, you are betting your run.
Short, about fifty words
REELS is a roguelite built on a slot machine. The reels drop, your weapons fire on what they land on, and the souls you reap pay a toll to descend one more floor. The toll climbs faster than you do. Free trial, one purchase unlocks everything, no ads and no currency.
Long, about a hundred and fifty words
REELS is a roguelite built on a slot machine, released on iOS on 2 September 2026 by a solo developer. The reels drop, your weapons fire on whatever they land on, and the souls you reap pay a toll to descend one more floor. The hook is one inversion: it is a slot machine where you are not betting money, you are betting your run.
What makes it a roguelite rather than a gambling toy is where the depth sits. Charms do not add damage, they rewrite the rules of the spin itself: what counts as a hit, what a symbol does when it lands next to another, how many reels drop at all. Every floor runs its own machine and each one drops the reels differently, so a build that was carrying a run stops working and you have to see it coming.
There is a campaign with forced builds, an endless mode, and a daily challenge on a seed shared by every player that day.
What the game does not have
This list is the reason the game exists, and it is the part worth writing about. A slot machine is a variable reward system we find repulsive because of what it takes from you. Take the money out, keep the variance, and what is left is a combat system.
- No ads. Not between runs, not to revive, not ever.
- No lives, no continues, no energy bar.
- No currency, no chips, no tokens, nothing to buy with real money inside a run.
- No subscription and no second purchase.
- No daily login bonus and no timers.
- No account, no sign in, no data collection beyond anonymous usage analytics.
- No wagering and no payout: nothing in the game pays out money, ever.
Happy to talk, including about the parts that failed
I am the only person who worked on this, so anything is on the table: the design decisions, the ones that got reverted, why a paid game with no ads in 2026, and what the trial gate actually converts at. I will give real figures rather than an opinion.
Written answers, a call, or a build with promo codes: playreelsios@gmail.com.