Rock Paper Shotgun's demo write-up covers 500 FINGER FILLET, an upcoming roguelite that turns the classic "knife game" (rapidly stabbing between splayed fingers) into a stressful mouse-click challenge. Styled in the vein of Buckshot Roulette, the game is notable for its dark comic premise and its use of tension and risk-reward decision-making to unsettle players, which the writer found genuinely nerve-wracking despite the simple one-button control scheme.

Each roguelite round requires stabbing between the fingers 50 times within a time limit, using a selection of implements such as knives, forks and syringes, each with different stats affecting the chance of severing a finger, blood loss and pain. Players can spend in-round earnings on helpful items, including tape to reattach severed fingers, and can customise skin, nail polish and even blood colour at the start. The writer lost multiple fingers during their playthrough, driven partly by overconfidence. 500 FINGER FILLET has a free demo available now and is set for full release later this year, with wishlisting open on Steam.