Half Grip Is a One-Handed Roguelike Combat Racing Game
The game compresses steering, shooting, and reloading into one-handed controls, a design constraint that shapes both its combat and its roguelike upgrade loop.
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Half Games is developing Half Grip, a pixel-art roguelike combat racing game designed to be played with one hand. Players steer, shoot, and reload while racing armed rivals, using items like rams, shotguns, magnets, and mines. Prize money unlocks vehicle upgrades and weapons. The game is scheduled for release in 2026, and wishlist registration is open.
Half Grip asks the player to do everything with one hand: steering, firing, and reloading all run through a single control scheme. The pixel-art racer pits the player against armed rivals on courses where road conditions shift, and tires either grip or slip depending on vehicle upgrades.
Combat draws on a small item pool of rams, shotguns, magnets, and mines to knock rivals down. Wins pay prize money that funds vehicle upgrades and weapons, and roguelike runs produce different builds each time, from drift-focused machines to heavily armed combat vehicles or high-speed aerodynamic setups.
Half Games targets a 2026 release. Wishlist registration is currently open on Steam.
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