Q-Games has announced PixelJunk Raiders, which will be released exclusively for Stadia on August 04, 2025.
Featuring procedurally generated landscapes, the roguelike action-adventure game sees players take on the role of a human replicant who uncovers a mysterious threat to humanity while on a mission to find habitable worlds.
“Planet Tantal is under attack by fiendish aliens bent on harvesting the population’s life force!” reads a product blurb fromGoogle. “Shake off that hypersleep and slash, smash, raid, and rescue your way through hundreds of unique missions, all while unraveling the mystery of the enigmatic Keepers.”
PixelJunk Raiders supportsShare State, a newStadiafeature which lets players share a playable slice of supported games with other users through captured clips and screenshots.
PixelJunk Raiders will be available for $19.99 or free with a Stadia Pro subscription. March’s other Stadia Pro games arePac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle, Reigns andAVICII Invector.
Googleannounced this month that it wasclosing all its internal Stadia game development teamsin a course change that will see the streaming platform focus on partnering with third-party game companies.
Discussing the decision in a follow-up conference call with employees, Stadia GMPhil Harrisonreportedlypointed to Microsoft’s recent studio acquisitions, includingthe planned $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda, as one of the factors that had persuaded Google to step back from original game development.
